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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Lumbar Punctures

Taming the SRU

The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults. C., & Solomon, T. The Journal of infection , 72 (4), 405–438. van de Beek, D., Cabellos, C., Dzupova, O., Esposito, S., Tunkel, A. Hartman, B. Kaplan, S. Kaufman, B. Scheld, W.

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Please STOP LIMPING!

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

For bacterial focal pyomyositis , give empiric antibiotics, admit them for major inpatient workup, and think about early surgical consultation if you think you need sepsis source control. N – Neurologic Not to scare you, but children do have strokes; unlike adults, half are hemorrhagic, half are thromboembolic.

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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

Bacterial Meningitis: IDSA guidelines for 2004 report that a normal CRP value has a high negative predictive value for bacterial meningitis, but sensitivities and specificities vary between studies [35]. Sepsis PCT may have some utility in guiding posttest probability for sepsis when the diagnosis is unclear. Procalcitonin.

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Health to The Chief!

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Woodrow Wilson Wilson suffered several strokes, and was isolated in the White House by his second wife, Edith, who allowed only herself and his physician to see him. died of sepsis from an infected blister on his foot resulting from a tennis game at the White House. Spring 2004. He finished that term, and ran for a second term.

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REBEL Cast Ep123: Reduced-Dose Systemic Peripheral Alteplase in Massive PE?

RebelEM

in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 to 4.0mg/hr typically given in EKOS therapy (See Below). PMID: 21422387 Wan S et al. PMID: 15262836 Sharifi M et al. PMID: 27422214 Wang C et al.

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ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: The Geometry of Ejection Fraction

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The slope of Ea is measured as the end-systolic pressure [Pes] relative to the stroke volume [SV]. Pes is end-systolic pressure, Ees is end-systolic elastance, ESV is end-systolic volume, SV is stroke volume, EDV is end-diastolic volume, EDPVR is end-diastolic pressure-volume relationship. The base of right triangle 1.]

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