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Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome

Don't Forget the Bubbles

She appears pale and dehydrated , and her level of alertness fluctuates. She receives fluid resuscitation, and you organise some tests to find out why she is so tired. Pay specific attention to fluid status, looking for evidence of dehydration. Manage hydration Children may be dehydrated or present with signs of fluid overload.

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Episode 30 - Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

EB Medicine

From the 80’s to 2008, the worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly doubled! Consider IV access and early IV fluids in those at risk for dehydration and intra-abdominal infections. Jeff: Tachycardic patients should make you concerned for hypovolemia 2/2 dehydration, sepsis, leaks, and blood loss. million adults!! At 6 to 8 mL/kg.

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Ovarian Torsion: Don’t get your knickers in a twist!

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Management ED management should focus on appropriate resuscitation of the patient and early referral to the surgical team. Rousseau V, Massicot R, Darwish AA, Sauvat F, Emond S, Thibaud E, Nihoul-Fekete C (2008) Emergency management and conservative surgery of ovarian torsion in children: a report of 40 cases, 21(4):201-6, PMID: 18656074.

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

EMDocs

For patients who are elderly, orthostasis is an unreliable clinical finding and may be present in the absence of dehydration. For patients who are elderly, orthostasis is an unreliable clinical finding and may be present in the absence of dehydration. 9 In terms of assessing volume status in general, Joseph et al. Andrews et al.

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Cholera: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

EMDocs

As the disease progress the patients will experience profound dehydration and start to develops signs and symptoms such as: Rapid heart rate Loss of skin elasticity Dry mucous membranes Low blood pressure If left untreated, severe dehydration may lead to kidney failure, shock, coma, and death within hours.