Prescription Drug Abuse - Colorado, We Have a Problem

Author: Dylan Luyten, MD Educational Pearls: A "banana bag" is a bag of IV fluid that contains various vitamins and minerals including folate and thiamine IV fluids do not alter intoxicated patients ...

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Author: Ryan Circh, MD Educational Pearls: Chronic salicylate (ASA) toxicity can present in elderly patients as altered mental status Consider chronic toxicity in patients with an unexplained anion g...

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Author: Dylan Luyten, MD Educational Pearls: Recent randomized controlled trial compared intravenous to oral acetaminophen in emergency department patients There was no difference in pain relief betw...

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Author: Dylan Luyten, MD Educational Pearls: 1:500 patients will experience a retinal detachment Consider stroke on your differential (central retinal arterial occlusion) Flashes and floaters are a c...

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