Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MAY 1, 2017

He will be dehydrated – possibly in shock. Hospital Stay for Healthy Term Newborn Infants. 2006 Jun;11(3):214-24. My take away: we now have some evidence basis for using filtered sunlight as an adjunct for babies well enough to go home. He will be irritable. References Benitz WE. Pediatrics. 2015; 135(5):948-53. Pediatrics.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

2006 May;34(5):379-87. Pediatric adjusted reverse shock index multiplied by Glasgow Coma Scale as a prospective predictor for mortality in pediatric trauma. Fun fact for animal lovers!- cats and dogs have their own GCS scores [Lapsley 2019, Ash 2018] Moral of the Morsel Modified can make it Merrier! Academic emergency medicine 12.9

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Was the patient thrown from the source (suggestive of DC shock and may result in further blunt force trauma)? Children, especially toddlers, may insert objects into outlets, leading to shocks or burns. Electrical devices used near water sources can cause severe shocks. Was the voltage high or low (as below)?

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EB Medicine

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This month, we’ll be talking Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock. For those listening, my hospital probably looks a little bit like yours. Roughly half of in-hospital mortality is associated with septic in some fashion. At our hospital in northern Manhattan they like to breath around 18.

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RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Follow your hospital’s protocol (if available). High Risk Patients will need hospitalization and IV antibiotics. 2006 May 15;106(10):2258-66. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Give appropriate fluids, vasopressors, and antibiotics. Clin Infect Dis. 2004;39(Suppl. Marín M, Gudiol C, Ardanuy C, Garcia-Vidal C.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 9, 2023

After two studies published in NEJM 2001 and 2006 showed intensive glucose control (to 80-110 g/dL) improved outcomes in adult medical and surgical patients, and then in kids (all at a single center in Leuven, Belgium), tight glucose control quickly became standard care in the U.S. and many other countries. and many other countries.

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EMDocs

APRIL 22, 2024

1-3 VTE is responsible for hospitalizing over 250,000 Americans every year, and there are an estimated 100,000 deaths annually associated with these conditions. However, as shock resolved and hemodynamic stability improved, RV strain and underfilling of the LV remained apparent 30 minutes after ROSC (Vid 4). 4, 2006, pp.

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Years before, he’d started his EM career as medical director of the ER at Memphis’ public hospital and Memphis Fire EMS. Kellermann was a member of the original committee and played a behind-the-scenes role in encouraging its formation. Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society. National Academics.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Still, except for the public hospital, other hospitals did little emergency work and would have unattended first aid or treatment room in which one could meet one's physician or have an intern provide care in the meanwhile. Rebuilding of EDs in proximity to Radiology, Blood Bank, OR, and ICU, becoming organic to the hospital.

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EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Both are at the University of Florida Jacksonville, and they reviewed a total of 120 articles from 2006-2017, in addition to reviews from both Cochrane and Dare. As some background, from 2006-2015 there were almost 66,000 reported snake exposures and 31 deaths from snake envenomation in the US. Jeff: What a team!

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EB Medicine

MAY 3, 2019

Jeff: If those figures seem a bit high, another CDC study found that in a general population survey of a quarter million people between 2006-2008, 9% met the criteria for major depression. Jeff: And while it seems crass to even mention the financial impact, the number is shocking - suicide has an estimated economic burden of $5.4

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2024

Symptoms of heart failure and cardiogenic shock may develop in more severe cases. Patients with features of shock may require vasopressors, and the decision on the specific drug hinges on the presence or absence of left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

For example, for a simple forearm fracture, you may opt to give an oral opioid, perform a hematoma block, and offer inhaled nitrous oxide for reduction, rather than a formal intravenous procedural sedation ( Luhmann 2006 ). Unexplained tachycardia may be the early signs of shock. Committee on Bioethics and Committee on Hospital Care.

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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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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Patients were enrolled in these trials if they had signs of shock, with mortality ranging from 18-29%. 13 While there is good data that early antibiotics for patients in septic shock reduce mortality 18-19 the role of early and aggressive volume resuscitation and its impacts on patient-centered outcomes remain unclear. Inwald et al.

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Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Sepsis Resuscitation 75

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

It has been routine practice in the UK since 2006. Symptoms may be non-specific in the beginning with patients quickly developing septic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation. GPs and local hospitals should provide easy access to medication and vaccinations to ensure good compliance. coli and Staphylococcus aureus.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 14, 2024

In his work, Dr. Goldwater describes a kind of toxic-shock (cytokine) reaction in the body that results from the combination of a cold virus plus being infected with a common bacterium—each pathogen relatively harmless on its own but deadly together. A rotavirus vaccine debuted in 2006.

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