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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 )! 2002 Dec;141(6):793-7. PMID: 12461495.

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Proning for ARDS

Northwestern EM Blog

2002 for ED setting) When possible, explain the indications and process of the maneuver to the patient and/or family. Document thorough skin assessment every nursing shift, and inspect weight-bearing ventral surfaces. Prone positioning has also been shown to be beneficial in pregnant patients (Samanta et. Reattach EKG leads to back.

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Issue #4: The Latest in Critical Care, 6/12/23

PulmCCM

” The treatment became widespread after a trial ( NEJM 2002, n=275) showed large neurologic and survival benefits from hypothermia; however, subsequent trials mostly failed to replicate those findings. Use code PULMCCM15 and get 15% off when you register online.

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Post #2 Back-to-Sleep Series

Sensible Medicine

For example, Bergman reports a 2002 study in which ventilated premature babies were placed to sleep on either their tummies or backs, and the following states were measured: quiet sleep, active sleep (which is less restorative than quiet sleep), crying time, number of stress responses (startle, tremor, and twitch), and oxygen saturation.

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SGEM#391: Is it Time for a Cool Change (Hypothermia After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest)?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

You are tidying your things in anticipation of the arrival of the dayshift when a code blue is called. Since 2002, we have seen several larger trials that have raised questions about the value of hypothermia. At this point, the dayshift doc walks into the room and asks, “I can’t keep up with all the evidence.

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SGEM#275: 10th Avenue Freeze Out – Therapeutic Hypothermia after Non-Shockable Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Do you continue with the ICE Code? But two earlier randomized controlled trials ( Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group 2002 and Bernard et al 2002 ) showed benefit for good neurologic outcome when TTM was initiated in the hospital after ROSC was achieved. What do you say? What do you tell the patient’s family?

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Inferior Hyperacute T-waves

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Methods : We searched the catheterization laboratory database for all cases coded as acute Inferior STEMI from January 2002 through March 2008. Objectives : To find the incidence of any rSTD or T-wave inversion (TWI) in angiographically proven inferior STEMI.

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