Amal Mattu's ECG Case of the Week: April 28, 2014

52 Articles 2014

Here's my attempt at 52 articles in 52 weeks.  Our residency will be reading all of these over the next year.  Disclaimer: subject to change.

Airway	Preoxygenation and prevention of desaturation during emergency airway management.	Weingart SD	2012	Ann Emerg Med	PubMed
Airway	The importance of first pass success when performing orotracheal intubation in the emergency department.	Sakles JC	2013	Acad Emerg Med	PubMed
Airway	Does end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring detect respiratory events prior to current sedation monitoring practices?	Burton JH	2006	Acad Emerg Med	PubMed

Brugada Type II

30M w/o PMH p/w intermittent CP and dizziness w/o syncope x 1 year.

NOAC Reversal

Ok, we all know warfarin sucks.  Patients hate it because it has to be monitored, and if they eat too many collard greens or you prescribe bactrim or cipro they're going to bleed and die.  Invariably, we've all had the patient with hematuria and an INR of 10, but totally stable and with a normal hematocrit.  You consult "the chart" on uptodate and end up more confused.  So, you make something up...um...let's stop taking the warfarin for the next two days, and decrease your dose from 5 mg to 4 mg...and, um...here's 2.5 mg of vitamin K...now, go check in at your coumadin clinic...

Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens

Sudden onset painful leg that became swollen within 15 minutes.