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Podcast #244 - Updated Guidelines on Anorectal Emergencies
TOTAL EM - Tools Of the Trade and Academic Learning in Emergency Medicine
English - August 15, 2022 17:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science acls aprn atls cpr ems hems lpn pac pocus pals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Podcast #243 - ATLS Episode 8: Musculoskeletal Trauma
There are a variety of anorectal emergencies that present to the emergency department. Recently, there were updated guidelines made by the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST). In this post, we review some of the updated guidelines including for anorectal abscess, perineal necrotizing fasciitis (Fournier's gangrene), bleeding anorectal varices, complicated rectal prolapse (irreducible or strangulated), and retained anorectal foreign bodies.