ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

ACEP should seek greater partnerships with residency directors and programs to ensure practicing physicians see the many products of ACEP’s efforts. While some issues are handled locally, many issues cannot be solved in our emergency department or hospital.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

mg/kg IV, up to 10 mg ) ( Brousseau 2004 ), often given with diphenhydramine (1 mg/kg PO or IV, up to 50 mg) and IV fluids. Intranasal ketamine for analgesia in the emergency department: a prospective observational series. Acad Emerg Med. Is there a role for intravenous acetaminophen in pediatric emergency departments?

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This blog post aims to help familiarise you with some of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department. Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. 2004 Sep 25;364(9440):1141–8. Karageorgos, S.; Hibberd, O.; The Lancet.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

The latest Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) sepsis guidelines from 2021 recommend giving patients with signs of hypoperfusion an initial 30 ml/kg bolus as a best practice statement 13 based on the PROCESS, 14 ARISE, 15 and PROMISE 16 trials. Does this dyspneic patient in the emergency department have congestive heart failure?

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