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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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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 3: The Only Thing We Have to Fear

PEMBlog

Neonatal Toxic Shock Syndrome C. Neonatal Toxic Shock Syndrome-Like Exanthematous Disease E. Neonatal Toxic Shock Syndrome-Like Exanthematous Disease The patient was diagnosed with Neonatal Toxic Shock Syndrome-Like Exanthematous Disease (NTED). Neonatal toxic shock syndrome-like exanthematous disease (NTED).

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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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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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The Latest in Critical Care, 10/9/23 (Issue #16)

PulmCCM

Called NICE-SUGAR trial ( NEJM 2009 ), conducted at 42 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand, it found that intensive glucose control actually harmed people, by frequently inducing severe hypoglycemia. But it’s hard, very hard, to feel like one is “doing nothing” while a patient in cardiogenic shock deteriorates.

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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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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.