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Single ventricle defects and the hunt for the best shunt

Don't Forget the Bubbles

But, they may present postnatally with cyanosis/hypoxaemia due to insufficient pulmonary blood flow, cardiogenic shock due to insufficient systemic blood flow, or both. The JET is treated by deepening sedation (to minimise exogenous and endogenous catecholamines), optimizing electrolytes and active mild hypothermia.

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Vasopressor Nonresponse

Northwestern EM Blog

Written by: Elizabeth Stulpin, MD (NUEM ‘23) Edited by: Aaron Wibberly, MD (NUEM ‘22) Expert Commentary by : Joshua Zimmerman, MD (NUEM ‘17) Non-Response to Vasopressors Shock is defined as a state of cellular and tissue hypoxia resulting in end organ dysfunction. And for most forms, EM physicians are not typically shocked by shock.

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Multisystem Trauma in Children, Part Two: Massive Transfusion, Trauma Imaging, and Resuscitative Pearls

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

On arrival, he was in compensated shock, with tachycardia. The Trauma Death Spiral Lethal triad of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy. Do everything you can to support perfusion and avoid the death spiral of hypothermia, coagulopathy, and acidosis. 2010 Nov;19(4):286-91. He decompensates and needs blood. 2010.07.002.

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

Jeff: There are a shocking 22 million past-month users of marijuana in the US, followed by pain relievers at 3.8 Nachi: Among metabolic abnormalities, patients can present with hyperthermia, hypoglycemia, hypokalemia, hyponatremia, and metabolic acidosis. million, and cocaine at 1.9

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EM@3AM: Hyperthermia

EMDocs

Heat stroke can lead to end-organ dysfunction such as rhabdomyolysis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, cardiogenic shock, liver failure, and cerebral edema. Broad-spectrum antibiotics (A) for septic shock are not inappropriate given the hyperthermia, tachycardia, and hypotension. Hyperthermia. Heatstroke.

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Going beyond the surface material: A podcast episode on cellulitis

PEMBlog

Full blown sepsis and toxic shock syndrome. So fever or hypothermia, extreme tachycardia, tachypnea, altered consciousness, a very unwell appearance, or even hypotension. Randomized controlled trial of cephalexin versus clindamycin for uncomplicated pediatric skin infections. Pediatrics. 2011 Mar;127(3):e573-80. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-2053.