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Ultrasound of the Month: No Definitive Yolk Sac, No Definitive IUP!

Taming the SRU

A bedside ultrasound is completed to assess the location of the pregnancy. A radiology performed ultrasound is ordered and has similar findings– Impression: no definitive IUP with a small amount of free fluid within physiologic limits. Laboratory evaluation reveals a hemoglobin and hematocrit of 12.6/37.1

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Daily Reviews on the ICU

Mind The Bleep

Heart rate / rhythm Best practice to check in all 4 limbs. 2009) Oxford Handbook of Critical Care. Augmented/ artificially lowered:-vasopressors-antihypertensives-sedation Does the patient have a target MAP or BP they should be meeting and are they meeting this? Resources and References Singer, M. and Webb, A.R. Allman, K.G.

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Pediatric Pain

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Further, children participate in and absorb their family’s culture and specific personality from a very young age ( Finley 2009 ). Some children are ultra-rapid-metabolizers of codeine to morphine, causing a rapid “bolus” of the available drug, with respiratory depression and death in some cases ( Ciszkowski 2009 , Racoosin 2013 ).