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Antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

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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IV fluids in the ED: When do we really need them?

EMDocs

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. 48 in 2006 enrolled 58 patients divided into two groups. 11 A study by Stephan et al. Andrews et al.