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Episode 7: Sepsis

PHEM Cast

[link] We hope you enjoyed our sepsis podcast. It is obviously a huge topic and there is lots of information to cover; a couple of other recently released podcasts are available which are produced with the Emergency Medicine community in mind, but will no doubt expand your knowledge. St Emlyns Induction podcast on Sepsis.

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Episode 20 - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake Envenomations

EB Medicine

Jeff: Welcome back to Emplify, the podcast corollary to EB Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice. I’m Jeff Nusbaum, and I’m back with my co-host, Nachi Gupta and we’ll be taking you through the September 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake envenomations.

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Ultrasound of the Month: Gallbladder Perforation

Taming the SRU

THE CASE A male in his 60s presented to the emergency department for right upper quadrant abdominal pain. Complications of acute gallbladder perforation include localized peritonitis, hepatic, subhepatic, or pelvic abscess formation, pneumonia, pancreatitis, acute renal failure, and sepsis (7). 2006 Dec 28;12(48):7832-6.

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Sickle Cell Disease Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

It has been routine practice in the UK since 2006. Vaccination: PCV13 (pneumococcal vaccination), meningococcal vaccines, and Hib conjugated vaccines are important to prevent life-threatening sepsis. A 6-year-old girl from Saudi Arabia was referred by her General Practitioner to the local emergency department.

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Big Labs, Little People

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

used BNP in the emergency department to differentiate heart failure from respiratory causes in infants and children with heart failure and those with no past medical history. Lactate A sick child with sepsis syndrome? The acute recognition and treatment of sepsis is first and foremost, clinical. Later, Maher et al.

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emDOCs Revamp – Acute Chest Syndrome

EMDocs

2006 Jul;134(1):109-15. Intranasal fentanyl and discharge from the emergency department among children with sickle cell disease and vaso-occlusive pain: A multicenter pediatric emergency medicine perspective. 2006 Dec 13;2(91):2852-7. C or 100.4 mg/kg, max 4 mg per dose q20-30min) or hydromorphone (0.01-0.02

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Vomiting in the Young Child: Nothing or Nightmare

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Rapid-fire word association for other vomiting emergencies in a neonate : Fever, irritability and vomiting? Think meningitis, UTI, or sepsis. Effortless tachypnea may be a sign of acidosis or sepsis. 2006; 26(5):1485-500. 2006 Apr;7(2):75-80. In the stable patient, get an upper GI contrast study. Radiographics.