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REBEL Core Cast 108.0 – Angioedema

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These chemicals can recruit other cells, like eosinophils, and may lead to anaphylaxis. of people who take NSAIDs ( Nzeako 2010 ). patients that take ACE inhibitors (but 20-30% of all angioedema presentations to the Emergency Department) 3 times more common in Black Americans ( Kostis 2005 ) 0.01

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Review of the ATHOS 3 trial

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Interestingly, when vasopressin was studied in 2008, it similarly did not show a mortality benefit when added to norepinephrine infusion in septic shock2. NEJM 2008; 358(9): 877 – 87. However, one limitation of the study was that it was underpowered to demonstrate a mortality difference. Crit Care 2014; 18(5): 534.

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REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

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2008 Sep;1138:329-50. Application of the MASCC and CISNE Risk-Stratification Scores to Identify Low-Risk Febrile Neutropenic Patients in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Jun;69(6):755-764. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.11.007. 2016.11.007. Epub 2016 Dec 29. Febrile Neutropenia. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences.