January 2018 – Emergency Medicine Education

Calcium Channel Blocker or Adenosine for SVT

January 14, 2018Pourmand

I had a patient with perisstent Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). My approach usually starts with REVERT, and if unsuccessful will continue with Adenosine. Adensoine with its rapid onset, and short half-life regardless of teribble expeince for patient is a great medication, but in this particular patient in 2 occasions was converting SVT to Sinus rhythm and after […]

Dexamethasone and Sore Throat

January 13, 2018January 13, 2018Pourmand

Is Dexamethasone an option to treat sore throat ? A JAMA study on 565 patients in a randomized clinical trial showed “a single dose of oral dexamethasone(10 mg) compared with placebo did not increase the proportion of patients with resolution of symptoms at 24 hours. However, there was a significant difference at 48 hours.” Link […]