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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 110: Primary Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

EMDocs

Management: Patients can rapidly progress to septic shock and multiorgan failure. C (100° F), or if the ascitic fluid ANC is > 250 cells/mm 3 Mortality increases by 8-10% for every hour delay in antibiotics for patients with cirrhosis and septic shock. 2009 Mar 7;15(9):1042-9. For antibiotics, utilize local antibiogram.

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The 90th Bubble wrap DFTB X The Bridge

Don't Forget the Bubbles

The primary outcome was to evaluate the impact of % FO in paediatric patients with sepsis or septic shock at any time after PICU admission. 41% of patients with septic shock had MODS. Reviewed by Dr Sadia Irshad Article 3: Updates on the management of sepsis and shock Long B, Gottlieb M. in 2009 to 40.3% in 2009 to 18.1%

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The Study of the Week Is A Study That Did Not Happen

Sensible Medicine

One of the most common uses of LV assist devices is cardiogenic shock due to an acute MI. Between 2009-2023, many thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of patients, had Impella devices implanted. As I covered in April , the DANGER-Shock trial produced positive results. DANGER-Shock, like many trials, had caveats.

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Pre-Hospital Antibiotics in Sepsis?

RebelEM

septic shock) earlier antibiotics most likely makes a difference in morbidity and mortality, however earlier antibiotics in all patients who meet SIRS criteria may not be a good thing and potentially cause more harms than good. to 0.97; p = 0.02 to 2.07; p = 0.91 to 12.33; p = 0.26

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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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Chemical Burns

Mind The Bleep

Sodium Chloride or Hartmanns if indicated, monitoring for signs of shock. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 32 , 155–158 (2009). Blood tests: FBC, U&Es, coagulation screen, electrolytes including calcium depending on the chemical involved (see below under ‘Decontamination’). Check temperature and blood glucose levels. Sagoschen, I.

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Physical Examination as a Helpful Aid in Decision-Making in Challenging ECGs

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AslangerE A 65-year-old gentleman presented to the emergency department after experiencing two recent ICD shocks in the preceding hours. The subsequent ECG, taken 5-10 minutes post-shock, depicted a soothing of ST deviation. This was contributed by Co-editor Emre Aslanger, an interventional cardiologist in Turkey.

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