Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 10, 2024

The history of necrotising enterocolitis The earliest documented cases resembling Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Let’s delve into the significant challenges posed by small bellies: big battles – the not-so-simple case of necrotising enterocolitis. Can we prevent NEC?

Pediatrics 40

Pediatrics Sepsis Fluid Resuscitation Outcomes 40

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 5, 2020

As an alternative diagnostic method, the HINTS exam was first established in 2009 to better differentiate central from peripheral causes of AVS [4]. Over the past decade, some emergency physicians have adopted this examination into their own bedside clinical assessment and documentation. But what is the HINTS exam?

Stroke 40

Stroke Documentation/Coding Emergency Department Hospitals 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Outcomes of paediatric critical care asthma patients. uk/document-library/clinical-information/asthma/btssign-asthma-guideline-2019. Changes in the use of invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilation in pediatric asthma: 2009–2019. Paediatric respiratory reviews. 2016 Sep 1;20:24-31. Rampersad N, Wilkins B, Egan JR.

Pediatrics 72

Pediatrics Research Documentation/Coding Outcomes 72

Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A retrospective analysis of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) from 2009 through 2011 identified 8.6 Complications of auricular hematoma drainage include pain, paresthesia, bleeding, infection, poor cosmetic outcome, scar formation, and re-accumulation of hematoma after the procedure.

Emergency Department 92

Emergency Department Pediatrics Wellness Documentation/Coding 92

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2016

We could use it to track treatment , and see if we can clear the lactate; decreased lactate levels are associated with a better outcome in adults. 2009; (55) 12:2098–2112. Myopericarditis in Children: Elevated Troponin I Level Does Not Predict Outcome. We should use lactate to detect occult shock. Clinical Chemistry. Pediatrics.

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics Sepsis Shock Outcomes 52

RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Changing aetiology, clinical features, antimicrobial resistance, and outcomes of bloodstream infection in neutropenic cancer patients. Time to antibiotics and outcomes in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia. Coding for Mucositis. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Eur J Haematol 2005; 75:1. 2014;14:162.

Infectious Diseases 105

Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 105

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

. * Intervention: Malpractice claims involving trainees (residents) in an emergency department setting over a three-year period from 2009-2012. Outcomes: Coded information covering a number of domains. Comparison: Malpractice claims not involving trainees in the same time period.

Documentation/Coding 40

Documentation/Coding Teamwork Hospitals Emergency Department 40

RebelEM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Outcomes: Primary outcome: All-cause mortality within 90 days of ED presentation Secondary outcomes: Organ-failure-free days at 28 days, that is how many days in the first 28 after arriving in the ED not requiring mechanical ventilation, vasopressors, or dialysis. Variations in compliance could have impacted patient outcomes.

Sepsis 84

Sepsis Outcomes Administration Shock 84

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Cardiac Syncope ("True Syncope") Independent Predictors of Adverse Outcomes condensed from multiple studies 1. Thus, if there is documented sinus bradycardia, and no suspicion of high grade AV block, at the time of the syncope, this is very useful. These premonitory symptoms were negative predictors of adverse outcomes in EGSYS.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department EKG/ECG Outcomes Seizures 52

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MARCH 27, 2015

Confirming endotracheal placement: In addition to the usual required methods and documentation, remember that, most likely, your patient will still be breathing. 2014;46(6):814-820 on Medscape.com. ** Example trauma case report requiring airway control; the decision process, algorithms, and alternatives, outcome. Always be gentle!

Resuscitation 40

Resuscitation Airway Management EMS CPR 40