Pediatric Emergency Playbook

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Definition of status epilepticus:Continuous seizure activity of 5 minutes or greater – OR – Recurrent activity without recovery between intervals. This definition includes clinically apparent seizures as well as those seen only on EEG.) During a seizure, GABA receptors in the neuron’s membrane are internalized and destroyed.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Also used for severe MS, stroke, TBI, chronic pain. Vagus nerve stimulation for partial seizures. 2006; 113: 2313-2319. Are VNS safe in everyday life? Intrathecal Pumps Used to infuse basal rate of drug, usually baclofen for spasticity, but pump may contain morphine, bupivicaine, clonidine. 2005; 29: 493–500. 2015; 4, Art.

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Taming the SRU

MARCH 31, 2023

of emergency medicine residents report 1 or more dimensions of burnout (Lin Annals Emerg Med 2019) Moral Injury with COVID “We pushed aside our fear and frustration to focus on saving the patients in front of us; we kept our eyes open, and our feelings closed.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

As you attempt to examine the patient, he has a generalized, tonic-clonic seizure. Both can result in heat exhaustion and heat stroke and have many overlapping symptoms. Patients with heat stroke have hot, dry skin and altered mental status (e.g., C, and heat stroke occurs at a core temperature > 40°C.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

The Kilifi algorithm includes five clinical situations that are common sickle cell presentations – clinical jaundice, severe anaemia, bone and joint infections, and stroke. It has been routine practice in the UK since 2006. Do not use pethidine since it can cause seizures and CNS hyperexcitability.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2016

Less common causes of troponemia are: Kawasaki disease, pediatric stroke, or neuromuscular disease. S – seizure or shock – most commonly septic, but can be any type: cardiogenic, bstructive, hypovolemic, distributive. 2006; 118(4): 1165-1168. 2006; 107(1)21-31. Don't go looking, if you won't do anything with the test.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

The previously well child now decompensated: undiagnosed thrombophilia Asymptomatic patent foramen ovale (PFO) is the cause of some cases of cryptogenic vascular disease, such as stroke and MI. 2006; 87:e168-e171. Harm Reduction Journal, 2006; 3(14):1-18. However, the presence of PFO alone does not connote higher risk.

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