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EM Quick Hits 5 Ludwig’s Angina, Transient Monocular Vision Loss, D-dimer for PE Workup in Pregnancy, Pediatric Nasal Foreign Bodies, Trimethoprim Drug Interactions, Airway Management in Cardiac Arrest

ECG Cases

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Abstract TMP93: Utility of the MAGIC Flow-Directed Microcatheter for the Management of Pediatric Cerebrovascular Pathology: A 29-Year Single-Center Series

Stroke Journal

These catheters have been FDA-approved for adults, but no catheter has been indicated for pediatric use. However, high-flow pediatric cerebrovascular lesions are often difficult to treat due to their extensive small-caliber arterial supply. The MAGIC was able to successfully embolize in 845 (91.5%) cases: n-BCA was utilized in 96.3%

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EM Quick Hits 1 Massive PE, Gabapentin for Alcohol Withdrawal, Dental Avulsions, Pediatric Eye Exam, Best Resuscitation Fluid

ECG Cases

They include toxicology, trauma, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, resuscitation, human factors, addiction and pediatric emergencies. The post EM Quick Hits 1 Massive PE, Gabapentin for Alcohol Withdrawal, Dental Avulsions, Pediatric Eye Exam, Best Resuscitation Fluid appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Abstract 286: Endovascular Management of Pediatric Vertebro?Vertebral Arterio?Venous Fistula: Case report

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

1 While seen in both adult and pediatric populations, the majority of the VV‐AVFs seen in childhood are largely congenital, seen in the setting of connective tissue diseases such as Ehler‐Danlos Syndrome, Neurofibromatosis type 1, and Marfan’s syndrome, with abnormal involution of the proatlantal system also thought to be implicated.2,3,4

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FDA Announces Abbott Recall of HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) Implant Kit

DAIC

The HeartMate 3 is used for both short- and long-term support in pediatric and adult patients with severe left ventricular heart failure. It can be used while waiting for a heart transplant, to help the heart recover, or as a permanent solution when a transplant isn't an option. Use of these devices may cause serious injury or death.

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Abstract WP221: Vein of Galen Malformations: Twenty Years Later

Stroke Journal

Outcomes have improved over time with advances in endovascular embolization. Patients were stratified based on radiographic outcomes: cured before the age of 18 (“pediatric-cured group”), cured after the age of 18, or not cured. in untreated patients. Long-term functional outcomes were assessed using the modified Rankin Scale (mRS).

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Mediolateral Diameter of the Falcine Sinus as a Predictor of Clinical Outcomes in Fetal Vein of Galen Malformations

Stroke Journal

FS was measured by 2 pediatric neurointerventionalists, with interrater reliability measured via intraclass coefficient. Inverse probability weighting showed that the treatment effect of embolization was negligible for most outcomes. Median gestational age was 34 weeks (interquartile range, 31.736.6