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Neonatal Jaundice

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

They may get a little dehydrated, especially if mother’s milk is late to come in. Also, newborns have a double-whammy administrative load. Home care The neonate who is safe to go home is well appearing, and not dehydrated. Most babies with hyperbilirubinemia are dehydrated, which just exacerbates the problem. Pediatrics.

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Subcutaneous Rehydration

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

⇒ You have a stable child who just needs fluids, but no laboratory tests ⇒ You’ve tried PO hydration, to no avail, despite anti-emetics ⇒ You’re poking the stable, but dehydrated child repeatedly without success What now? in 2007 compared subcutaneous administration of lactated ringer’s solution by gravity with and without hyalurondase.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

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Also consider non-hemorrhagic volume depletion, dehydration : orthostatic vitals may uncover this [see Mendu et al. (3)]. Premonitory symptoms (Nausea, pallor, diaphoresis, flushing), or triggers (Valsalva, Pain, Emotion, Prolonged Standing, Dehydration) are very useful in making the diagnosis. 2007 Oct; 33(3): 233–239.

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

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For patients who are elderly, orthostasis is an unreliable clinical finding and may be present in the absence of dehydration. 36-37 There is little evidence regarding oral rehydration in adults with gastroenteritis, though it seems reasonable that adults with mild dehydration could be safely hydrated orally. Modified from: Pringle, K.,