Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 28, 2024

Hence, PPHN can be idiopathic or secondary to a variety of conditions such as meconium aspiration syndrome , respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis, asphyxia and congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Great Ormond Street Hospital. Imagine being a few hours old and dealing with this). Or it could be due to a delay in circulatory transition.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MAY 1, 2017

Check the bilirubin in any neonate you are working up for sepsis. Hospital Stay for Healthy Term Newborn Infants. 2004; 114(1). The neonate may be sleepy but hypotonic or have a high-pitched cry; he maybe irritable or inconsolable, jittery or lethergic. Kernicterus is the final, permanent result of bilirubin encephalpathy.

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Dehydration Pediatrics Wellness Seizures 52

RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Antibiotics are effectively the only thing standing between these patients and overwhelming sepsis. Follow your hospital’s protocol (if available). High Risk Patients will need hospitalization and IV antibiotics. Improving the immediate management of neutropenic sepsis in the UK: Lessons from a national audit. Clarke, R.

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Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 101

EMDocs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Operative complications requiring surgical intervention or hospitalization occur in about 3-6% of all hysterectomies (5). This may also predispose a patient to sepsis, peritonitis, or bowel infarction, which need to be recognized quickly. 21 May 2004 Hoges K, Davids B, Swaim L. 2020 Sep;127(10):1269-1279. BJOG 2008; 115:1473.

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EMDocs

JUNE 27, 2024

768: Epidemiology of Hospital Based ED Visits due to Sickle Cell Crisis and Acute Chest Syndrome in Kids. This series provides evidence-based updates to previous posts so you can stay current with what you need to know. C or 100.4 2 mcg/kg, max 100 mcg) while obtaining IV access 20 IV/IM ketorolac (1 mg/kg, max 15 mg) Morphine (05-0.1

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Pediatrics Dehydration EMS Hospitals 97

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 17, 2023

The Bubble Wrap Plus is a monthly paediatric journal club reading list from Anke Raaijmakers, working with Professor Jaan Toelen and his team at the University Hospitals in Leuven. Evaluating the Impact of the 2017 Dutch Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Guideline. Can’t get enough of Bubble Wrap? Paediatr Child Health. 2023 Jun 15.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This is true in life-threatening conditions such as sepsis. However, when children do not have features of sepsis, oral antibiotics are equally effective. The take home is that although IV antibiotics are key in sepsis management, oral antibiotics are equally as effective as IV antibiotics for children without critical illness.

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Emergency Department Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Sepsis 143

EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Sepsis There has been much controversy over the last two decades around the various nuances of volume resuscitation in ED patients with suspected sepsis, much of which goes beyond the scope of this limited review. 2024, 33 use of ultrasound may lead to a reduction in mortality, less volume of fluids given, and decreased hospital stay.

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