Taming the SRU

MAY 5, 2023

The CLASSIC trial is a randomized controlled trial conducted in the ICU setting which compared restrictive versus standard fluid strategies with a primary outcome of death by 90 days in patients with septic shock. Safety outcomes Serious adverse event occurrences were similar in both groups. versus 59.2%). versus 14.9% Bauer, M.,

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Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This has been the central question of many research projects with variable outcomes. 12) Axillary While axillary arterial line placement has been uncommon, in the age of facile ultrasound operators it may become a more advantageous and accessible site particularly in patients with high BMIs. But are they good enough? Broadstock, A.

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RebelEM

JANUARY 25, 2024

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is a valuable clinical tool in the assessment of acute dyspnea. Impact of serial cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasound exams in patients with acute dyspnoea: a randomized, controlled trial. PoCUS evaluations included lung ultrasound (LUS) and focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 18, 2014

such Q-waves are associated with larger MI and worse outcomes (2. If detected early by ultrasound, the patient can be saved. Our own Dave Plummer of HCMC reported on survival of 2 of 6 patients with STEMI who had free wall myocardial rupture diagnosed by presence of hemopericardium on bedside ultrasound in the ED.(3) Brunette D.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

AUGUST 1, 2017

Does Functional Outcome Improve with Time Postsurgery for Hirschsprung Disease? Single-stage versus multi-stage pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease: practice trends and outcomes in infants. Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: tips and tricks for ultrasound diagnosis. J Ultrasound. Ultrasound Evaluation for Appendicitis.

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

MARCH 13, 2022

rebound tenderness), getting an EKG if you have a high suspicion for cardiac involvement, or using ultrasound to assess for free fluid. Abdominal ultrasound: Complete a bedside abdominal aortic ultrasound if the patient has risk factors, or a FAST exam if a ruptured ectopic pregnancy is suspected. Silverio, Luz. Abdominal Pain.”

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Diagnosis can be confirmed with ultrasound (for deep vein thrombosis) or CT angiography (CTA) chest (for pulmonary embolism) and patients treated with anticoagulants. Morbidity outcomes of 78,577 hysterectomies for benign reasons over 23 years. 2009 Apr;49(2):198-201. 2020 Sep;127(10):1269-1279. BJOG 2008; 115:1473. Up to Date.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2024

Bedside ultrasound shows hypokinesis of the basal portion of the left ventricle with an apparent sigmoid-shaped septum and a dilated inferior vena cava. Ultrasound findings can show bulging of the interventricular septum into the LVOT , which can be interpreted as a sigmoid-shaped septum on bedside evaluation. The oral mucosa is moist.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Check : [vitals, SOB, Chest Pain, Ultrasound] If the patient has Abdominal Pain, Chest Pain, Dyspnea or Hypoxemia, Headache, Hypotension , then these should be considered the primary chief complaint (not syncope). Cardiac Syncope ("True Syncope") Independent Predictors of Adverse Outcomes condensed from multiple studies 1.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

2 Outcomes of patients presenting with ischemic stroke who received MRI as initial imaging modality have demonstrated similar outcomes to those with initial CTA, with Kim et al. demonstrating that functional outcome at 3 months did not differ between the CTA and MRI groups (38.5% vs. 38.1%) with a good functional outcome.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

8 Based on multiple randomized controlled trials (RCTs), SSC 2021 guidelines suggest against using procalcitonin as a screening method to guide initiation of antibiotic therapy, as no difference in clinical outcomes was appreciated. 36 However, the literature has failed to prove that the double coverage has any effect on clinical outcomes.

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