Critical Care Now

MARCH 3, 2022

The Pre-brief Working in a Pulmonary Function Lab plus providing in-patient care within the hospital, I see patients every day that have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These patients frequently ask if they can be cured of COPD. COPD continues to be a problem for many adults.

COPD 52

COPD Research Hospitals Wellness 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 8, 2023

This is something that has only happened once since 2006 ( Ottawa Citizen March 28, 2023 ) The study referred to in the editorial looks at the experience in Denmark with a reconfiguration of their emergency healthcare services ( Flojstrup et al 2023 ). This was not the only study to come out of the Danish reconfiguration initiative.

Stroke 56

Stroke Emergency Department COPD Academics 56

EMDocs

APRIL 22, 2024

RV chamber size alone is not enough information to rule-in a PE as RV cavity enlargement can be visualized in other conditions such as pulmonary hypertension, RV infarct, COPD and cardiac arrest from multiple causes. 4, 2006, pp. 10,11 Vid 1. SubX4 Asystole RV > LV. SubX2 Asystole RV > LV. Chest , vol. 2022 Aug 27;14(8):e28481.

Ultrasounds 98

Ultrasounds Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) EKG/ECG Resuscitation 98

EB Medicine

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Sepsis is coming in at a higher readmission rate and cost per admission than acute MI, CHF, COPD, and PNA. Not only is it lethal, it is also very costly -- 17 billion dollars per year in the US alone! Jeff : And don’t forget importantly the 30-day hospital readmission rate.

Sepsis 40

Sepsis Shock Fluid Resuscitation Hospitals 40

RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

2006 May 15;106(10):2258-66. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Clin Infect Dis. 2004;39(Suppl. 1):S32–S37 Kuderer NM, Dale DC, Crawford J, Cosler LE, Lyman GH. Mortality, morbidity, and cost associated with febrile neutropenia in adult cancer patients. Marín M, Gudiol C, Ardanuy C, Garcia-Vidal C.

Infectious Diseases 101

Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 101