Bedside Clinical Question: Can nebulized tranexamic acid (TXA) be used as treatment in a patient presenting with hemoptysis?
Yasmeen Ettrick, PharmD PGY1 Pharmacy Resident and Joanne Routsolias, PharmD, RN, BCPS, Clinical PharmD Specialist
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Heart of the Matter: An Underappreciated Cause of OMI
A 34-year-old male with a history of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction of 20-25%, hypertension, and cocaine use disorder presented to the emergency department with leg swelling, cough with bloody sputum, and chest pain on exertion.
Michael Hohl MD and Ari Edelheit MD
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PID encompasses all infections of the female upper reproductive tract, including endometritis, myometritis, salpingitis, tubo-ovarian abscess, parametritis, oophoritis, peri-appendicitis, perihepatitis, and pelvic peritonitis. Per CDC guidelines, diagnosis requires at least one of three minimum criteria: cervical motion tenderness (CMT), uterine tenderness, and adnexal tenderness.
Nanditha Ravichandran MD & Eric Leser MD
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