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Grand Rounds Recap 5.22.24

Taming the SRU

CESAR Trial Published in 2009 Found that even those who didn’t get ECMO, but were transported to a tertiary care center had better outcomes No matter where you go, critical care transport will be part of your life as a sending physician, receiving physician, or both. This shows that we are sometimes limited by the data that we have.

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Fluoroquinolone Use In Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

None of the patients were documented to have joint disease at follow up. Myth # 2: Neurologic affects Nervous system adverse events mostly include central concerns (ex, seizures, headaches, dizziness, lightheadedness, sleep disorders, hallucinations) and peripheral neuropathy. There were 2523 children included.

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Chemical Burns

Mind The Bleep

These systemic effects can include central nervous system (agitation, seizures , and coma), as well as cardiac ( hypotension and dysrhythmias) [10, 11]. Provide detailed documentation of the initial assessment, treatment provided, and the patient’s response to interventions. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 32 , 155–158 (2009).

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The best documented cormorbidity is sickle cell disease, although other pro-thrombotic conditions also put the child at risk. The child with seizure disorder and chest pain: anti-epileptics Some anti-epileptic agents, such as carbamazepine, promote a poor lipid profile, leading to atherosclerosis and early MI. 2009; 8:67-69.

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Big Labs, Little People

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

S – seizure or shock – most commonly septic, but can be any type: cardiogenic, bstructive, hypovolemic, distributive. 2009; (55) 12:2098–2112. for the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. Difficult to interpret lactates when a patient is on an epinephrine drip.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. 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. Arch Intern Med 2009 Jul 27; 169:1262.