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Large bowel obstruction: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

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Measures to optimize the patient for surgical intervention and treat shock, including antibiotics and fluid resuscitation, are associated with improved outcomes in these patients. 2007 Jan 21;13(3):432-7. 5 Non-perforated obstruction due to malignancy will usually be managed with urgent surgery. World J Gastroenterol.

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EM@3AM: Hyperthermia

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Heat stroke can lead to end-organ dysfunction such as rhabdomyolysis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, cardiogenic shock, liver failure, and cerebral edema. Broad-spectrum antibiotics (A) for septic shock are not inappropriate given the hyperthermia, tachycardia, and hypotension. Temps greater than 41.5C Becker, S. Yeargin, S.

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Something she ate?

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2007, Mar). Vasopressors such as noradrenaline are often required (systemic vasodilation is common in hepatic failure). Disability- treat hypoglycaemia if present. .; Bellomo, R. 2014, Jan). Preventing cerebral oedema in acute liver failure: the case for quadruple-H therapy. Anaesth Intensive Care, 42(1), 78-88. link] Kamath, P.

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

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Patients were enrolled in these trials if they had signs of shock, with mortality ranging from 18-29%. One of the hallmarks of sepsis care, based on the Rivers 2001 17 trial and still recommended by the latest SCCM guidelines is early detection of sepsis and initiation of early resuscitation. 2007 Feb;24(2):124125. Inwald et al.