Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 18, 2024

A similar process can also occur in the CNS (causing seizures ), the liver and the pancreas. Depending on the progression of the illness, children may present with pallor, oedema, lethargy, seizures, hypertension or abnormal liver function tests. Red blood cells break down in the capillaries, leading to anaemia. What is atypical HUS?

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Dehydration Infectious Diseases Seizures Pediatrics 59

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

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. 2009; 24:156-8. 2009; 27:942-947. 2009; 27:942-947. 2004; 90:e17. Canale LS et al. Güvenç O et al. J Curr Pediatr.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MAY 1, 2017

Acute bilirubin encephalopathy may progress to an abnormal neurologic exam, seizures, apnea, or coma. 2009; 124(4):1193-6. The dehydration and neurologic dysfnction from the hyperbilirubinemia may even cause fever. Check the bilirubin in any neonate you are working up for sepsis. Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn. Pediatrics in Review.

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Dehydration Pediatrics Wellness Seizures 52

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2016

S – seizure or shock – most commonly septic, but can be any type: cardiogenic, bstructive, hypovolemic, distributive. 2009; (55) 12:2098–2112. Difficult to interpret lactates when a patient is on an epinephrine drip. 2014;30: 493-495. Kelley WE, Januzzi JL, Christenson RH. Clinical Chemistry. Kobayashi D, Aggarwal S, Kheiwa A, Shah N.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

As you attempt to examine the patient, he has a generalized, tonic-clonic seizure. Clinical decision making in seizures and status epilepticus. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2009; 34:582 Casa DJ, Armstrong LE, Kenny GP, O’Connor FG, Huggins RA. The patient is agitated, not oriented, and becoming combative with ED staff. 27(5), 634.e1–634.e3.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. Yield of Diagnostic Tests in Evaluating Syncopal Episodes in Older Patients Arch Intern Med 2009 Jul 27; 169:1299-1305. Arch Intern Med 2009 Jul 27; 169:1262. Sivilotti, M.,

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department EKG/ECG Outcomes Seizures 52

Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

haffner and wright The number of psychiatric emergencies across the U.S., haffner and wright The number of psychiatric emergencies across the U.S., haffner and wright The number of psychiatric emergencies across the U.S., mg/kg (of 0.1 2x maintenance rate

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Emerg Radiol 2009, 16 (3), 195-201. CTA head/neck is absolutely indicated if suspicion is high for this condition. 34 Risk factors are the same as those for other vascular causes of headache: connective tissue diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Behcet’s disease, sarcoidosis, and/or vasculitis. Schaefer, P. 22) Naraghi, L.;

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EMDocs

JANUARY 22, 2025

These included seizures, delirium, ARDS, hypotension, hypertension, and aspiration. drug seizure data, 2011-2016. Prehosp Emerg Care , 2009, 13(4):512-5. A prospective study of 453 patients who were admitted after receiving naloxone reported life-threatening complications in over 1% of heroin-overdosed patients. 2021;218:108416.

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Seizures Administration Emergency Department Poisoning 97

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 10, 2023

Seizures may also occur, as may paralysis. Clin Inf Dis 2009; 49(8):1287-8. Paralytic polio is not only more common in older patients but also more severe. Quadriplegia is more common in adults. Encephalitis is rare. These patients present with a change of mental status and fever. eClinical Med 2022; 50:01508. Shahzad A et al.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

bladder incontinence) – 17% Headache – 10% Lighting pains – 10% Often described as sudden, rapidly spreading and disappearing [13] Dizziness – 10% Hearing loss – 10% Seizures – 7% Signs: Hyporeflexia – 50% Sensory impairment (e.g., European journal of dermatology: EJD 19,5 (2009): 504-6. Symptoms: Personality change (i.e.,

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