Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 18, 2023

None of the patients were documented to have joint disease at follow up. Etminan 2019) In Belgium between 2010 – 2013, of the 262 children treated with fluroquinolones while hospitalized, only 17% were used for labelled indications. There were 2523 children included. 451 pediatric patients were included. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc.

Pediatrics 130

Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Seizures Hospitals 130

EMDocs

JUNE 2, 2023

mg/kg/dose (IM/IV) Has a FDA Black Box warning in 2001 citing concerns of QT prolongation and torsades de pointes (TdP). Document what you gave and why, as well as the impact. Haloperidol (Haldol) – 0.5-5 5 mg PO; 0.05-0.15 mg/kg IM (up to 5 mg/dose) Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) – 0.55 mg/kg/dose (PO/IM) Droperidol – 0.03-0.07

Psychiatric 93

Psychiatric Pediatrics Emergency Department Administration 93

ACEP Now

APRIL 2, 2024

4 The association between ackee ingestion and the illness was initially recognized in 1875 and officially documented in 1904. 5 Despite being endemic to Jamaica, cases of THS have been reported across the world, with the first case in the United States documented in 1993. Dr. Franco is an emergency medicine attending physician at St.

Poisoning 40

Poisoning Administration Urgent Care Documentation/Coding 40

PulmCCM

OCTOBER 16, 2023

hospitals, between roughly one and four central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) occur per 1,000 days with a central line in place (catheter-days). per 1,000 central-line days between 2001 and 2009. Other analyses have concluded that for hospitalized patients, the rates of CLABSI from PICCs are about equal to CVCs.

CDC 52

CDC Hospitals Ultrasounds Documentation/Coding 52

EB Medicine

OCTOBER 1, 2018

For those listening, my hospital probably looks a little bit like yours. Roughly half of in-hospital mortality is associated with septic in some fashion. clearly this is an important topic if it warrants it’s own chair at a major hospital in NYC. Then in 2001, sepsis-2 was introduced. We like it that way. 3 Criteria.

Sepsis 40

Sepsis Shock Fluid Resuscitation Hospitals 40

PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

hospitals each year. How do physicians and providers decide to stop CPR after in-hospital cardiac arrest—and how should they? This allows for flexibility in treating individual patients, but also results in wide variability in the observed duration of CPR after in-hospital cardiac arrests. who died) was 21 minutes.

CPR 112

CPR Hospitals Resuscitation Documentation/Coding 112

EB Medicine

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Nachi: AEDs are also required and have been since 2001 and amazingly when a shock was delivered in flight, 40% survived to hospital discharge with a good outcome. Nachi: The Good Samaritan law provides legal protection to medical providers who perform their services in response to medical emergencies outside of the hospital.

Dehydration 40

Dehydration EMS Wellness Burns 40