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Blood Pressure Management in Neurologic Emergencies: What Does the Evidence Say?

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However, other sources suggest that the optimal blood pressure target is not well established and may vary depending on the individual patient’s characteristics and the type of hemorrhagic transformation [7]. 2002 May;33(5):1315-20. This includes intraparenchymal hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Stroke 2019; 50:e344.

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The Undifferentiated Sick Infant

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Perhaps diGeorge syndrome with hypocalcemia and seizures? Inborn Errors of Metabolism - there are over 200 inborn errors of metabolism, but only four common metabolic pathways that cause a child to be critically ill. 2002; 3:3-13. Part 15: Neonatal Resuscitation: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines. Circulation.

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

This child is at risk for expected complications, as well as overdiagnosis and iatrogenia. These children depend on their preload to run blood passively into the pulmonary circuit; afterload reduction is also important to compensate for a poor left ejection fraction, as well as to avoid the development of pulmonary hypertension.

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Is there a role for Hypnosis in Emergency Care?

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Even as a Paramedic, in the early days, there was no analgesia, sedative (except for seizures), or anesthetic, to provide. " Well, then, what to do? In the first part of my career, I did ambulance work, before there was ACLS, and certainly no pain medicine. We had only first aid, oxygen, and CPR to offer. Erickson, M.D. (an

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Cardiac Rhythms/ECG Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

A cardiac family history should of course be sought, but think a little outside the box as well. Some families have unexplained deaths during sporting events, an unusual number of car accidents, seizures in someone without a formal diagnosis of epilepsy. On arrival at hospital the child was well with normal observations.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. Finally, much of this correlates well with The new Canadian Syncope Arrhythmia Risk Score , just published in 2016, results of which are given below in the Annotated Bibliography.

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Pediatric Headache: Some Relief for All

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Headache plus… a new seizure. An eleven-year-old girl presents to the ED with new headache, nausea, and vomting in the morning, then had a generalized seizure later that day, and presents with a low GCS. 2002 Aug 27;59(4):490-8. Headache plus… it’s unilateral and new for the patient. 2004 Dec 28;63(12):2215-24.