WikEM
WikEM, The Global Emergency Medicine Wiki, is the world's largest and most popular emergency medicine open-access reference resource. Our highly acclaimed content is freely available via the …
WikEM:About - WikEM
WikEM, The Global Emergency Medicine Wiki, is the world's largest and most popular emergency medicine open-access reference resource. Our highly acclaimed content is freely available via the …
Portal:Categories - WikEM
Tropical Medicine (58 pages) Urology (81 pages) Ultrasound (38 pages) Vascular (64 pages) Other Categories Board Review (5 pages) Documentation (16 pages) EM Resources (330 pages) …
Pneumonia (main) - WikEM
Definition: infection of lung parenchyma Most common infectious cause of death in the United States; >1.5 million adults hospitalized annually for CAP [1] Up to 50% of cases have no pathogen identified …
Diabetic ketoacidosis - WikEM
This page is for adult patients. For pediatric patients, see: diabetic ketoacidosis (peds) Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a life-threatening hyperglycemic emergency characterized by hyperglycemia …
MDM for different chief complaints - WikEM
This page is for adult patients. For pediatric patients, see: MDM for different chief complaints (peds)
WikEM:Mobile Apps
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Appendicitis - WikEM
Di Saverio S, et al. Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines. World J Emerg Surg. 2020;15:27. PMID 32295644 Bhangu A, et al. Acute appendicitis: …
Preeclampsia - WikEM
Background Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy characterized by new-onset hypertension + proteinuria or end-organ dysfunction after 20 weeks gestation Affects 2-8% of pregnancies worldwide Leading …
Gout and pseudogout - WikEM
Pathophysiology Primarily an illness of middle-aged males and elderly adults Gout in females usually occurs only after menopause Gout is most common form of inflammatory joint disease in men >40yr …