PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Fever in the ICU: Guideline Update The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) issued an interim update to their 2008 recommendations for the management of fever in the ICU. PulmCCM is not affiliated with SCCM or IDSA.

Best Practices 111

Best Practices Ultrasounds Infectious Diseases Sepsis 111

RebelEM

JANUARY 18, 2024

It is well-established that earlier recognition and treatment can lead to better outcome for these patients . Until that time, the best evidence indicates that in the sickest patients (i.e. Background: Sepsis remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. to 0.97; p = 0.02 to 2.07; p = 0.91 to 12.33; p = 0.26

Sepsis 131

Sepsis Hospitals Administration Outcomes 131

ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Creation of an accurate database of emergency physicians living and working within a state, as well as a network of each states’ EM groups and ED medical directors would help chapter leaders disseminate relevant information, strengthen advocacy efforts, and plan regional solutions summits to focus on unique challenges.

Leadership 98

Leadership PPE EMS Wellness 98

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Tachycardia, tachypnea, and a change in behavior can be indicators not only to the presence of pain, but possibly to its etiology as well. For children greater than one year who are preverbal, a well performing scale is the FLACC score: Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability ( Table 3 ).

Pediatrics 40

Pediatrics Soft Tissue Injuries Burns Emergency Department 40

EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

Jeff: Well that’s kind worrisome. From the 80’s to 2008, the worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly doubled! Which again reiterates why this is such an important topic for us as EM clinicians to be well-versed in. Vitamin D, B12, Calcium, foate, iron, and thiamine deficiencies are all well documented complications.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Sepsis Operations Dehydration 40

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. The PSS-3 assesses for depression/hopelessness and suicidal ideations in the past 2 weeks as well as lifetime history of suicide attempt.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Psychiatric Documentation/Coding Outcomes 40

Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

We will keep you informed of the outcome of these investigations in due course as per COPE best practice guideline.” I suspect that if a similar controversy occurred nowadays, the book might well be retracted by the publisher, in the unlikely event it would ever be published.) ” I am skeptical that this will happen.

Academics 143

Academics Research Administration Outcomes 143