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Cerebral Edema and Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Rebaked

Pediatric EM Morsels

A critical MORSEL is that every child you treat for DKA needs to have an initial thorough neuro exam including cranial nerves and then frequent neuro reassessments … and document it ( so your colleagues who take over care for the kid can know if there has been a change )! 2001 Jan 25;344(4):264-9. Then we’ve likely got DKA.

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Episode 14: Thoracotomy

PHEM Cast

Emergency Department thoracotomy for the critically injured patient: Objectives, indications, and outcomes. 2001, 193 (3): 303-309. pdf Equipment required for resuscitative thoracotomy: Surface anatomy: Appearance of pericardial clot A foley catheter being used to fill a cardiac wound – note how easily this could be pulled out.

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Episode 21- Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock

EB Medicine

Optimal management of septic patients has been a source of intense research, stemming from the landmark study by Rivers in 2001. Then in 2001, sepsis-2 was introduced. The CMS metrics are slightly different from the 2001 sepsis guidelines also. Jeremy, can you give us a little historical context there? Jeff : Yes it has!

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A "normal ECG" on a busy night

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in angiographically documented occluded infarct vessel: limitations of ST-segment elevation in standard and extended ECG leads. Chest 2001 1788 patients with acute MI (diagnosed by clinical symptoms and positive CK-MB) were prospectively enrolled and all underwent emergent coronary angiography.

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How long should CPR be performed after cardiac arrest in the hospital?

PulmCCM

For example, among 45,500 in-hospital cardiac arrests between 2001 and 2010 , the median duration of CPR among the patients who did not achieve ROSC (i.e., But the range was broad: 25% were coded for less than 13 minutes, and 25% for more than 30 minutes. who died) was 21 minutes. References Okubo M et al.

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Acute OMI or "Benign" Early Repolarization?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Cardiology consult note written around that time documents that "Pain improved with NTG, morphine in ED but still present." Comparative early and late outcomes after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in st-segment elevation and Non–St-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (from the Cadillac trial). Stuckey, T.,

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ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

EMDocs

ABG and VBG Correlation The correlation between venous and arterial blood gases is well-documented for standard differences (Table 1), and the data obtained from the VBG can be acted on as if it were an ABG (1, 3-6). 2001 Oct;27(10):1606-13. Notably, in the initial analysis of blunt chest trauma (i.e. N Engl J Med. PMID: 2535633. (9)