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SGEM#345: Checking In, Checking Out for Non-Operative Treatment of Appendicitis

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

His practice is in trauma, […] The post SGEM#345: Checking In, Checking Out for Non-Operative Treatment of Appendicitis first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. It is a good, and generally very safe operation, with a high rate of patient satisfaction. Date: September 16th, 2021 Reference: Sippola et al.

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What is the Emergency Number of Ambulance

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Currently, this is operational in 23 states with 24×7 emergency services. Considering its popularity, the then Government of India introduced the 108 emergency response system to other parts of the country in 2008. Ambulance number in India 108 is a toll-free telephone number for emergency response services in India.

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ECG Pointers: STEMI Equivalents from the American College of Cardiology

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In addition to a posterior ECG, the ACC’s new recommendations emphasize consideration of an emergent TTE, though lack clarity in defining who should be the operator, stating “a clinician qualified in echocardiography” is necessary, without providing specific definitions. 2008 Nov 6;359(19):2071—2073. Her vital signs are stable.

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Sedation for the agitated adolescent

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O ral sedation if the patient will co-operate Diazepam 0.2mg/kg up to 10mg orally – up to two doses OR Olanzapine 5mg (if <40kg) and 10mg (if >40kg) – one dose only – acts within 20 minutes OR Risperidone 0.02-0.04mg/kg Recent studies have indicated a significant rise in mental health disorders among young people.

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Triage in major incidents: development and external validation of novel machine learning-derived primary and secondary triage tools

Emergency Medicine Journal

Methods Adults (16+ years) from the UK Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) registry (January 2008–December 2017) served as surrogates for MI victims, with P1 patients identified using predefined criteria. The best existing tool was the BCD Triage Sieve (sensitivity 68.2%, area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) 0.688).

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The Latest in Critical Care, 2/5/24 (Issue #28)

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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. Use procalcitonin and CRP as ancillary tests only.

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ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: The Venous Excess Ultrasound Score Is Not the Mean Systemic Pressure

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OP is operating point, the operating point defines the cardiac output on the y-axis and Pra on the x-axis; Rcardiac is cardiac resistance (i.e., OP1 is operating point 1 at baseline. With tamponade, operating point 2 (OP2) is formed. Parkin WG, Leaning MS, (2008) Therapeutic control of the circulation.