ACEP Now

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Collaborating with one of my ultrasound faculty, we conducted a bedside echocardiogram to explore potential cardiac anomalies. Our workup started with an ultrasound and EKG. Burns E, Buttner R. Furthermore, this genetic cardiac disease is autosomal dominant, presenting 1 in 500 in our general population. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Ultrasound-guided insertion is by far the ideal method of venous catheterisation, especially in Paediatrics. Clinical practice guidelines Midline Catheters, Dr Liz Prentice, Anaesthetic Department, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, September 2011 The post Midline Catheters in Paediatrics – The Long and Short of it.

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Administration Pediatrics Ultrasounds Burns 89

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

neutropenia) ( Babl 2011 , Dokko 2014 ). Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks are a good pain control adjunct, after initial treatment, and in communication with referring consultants ( Ganesh 2009 , Suresh 2014 ). Pediatric burns should be assessed carefully and treated aggressively. 2011 Jun;27(6):496-9.

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Pediatrics Soft Tissue Injuries Burns Emergency Department 40

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Case 1: Toddler with an oral commissure burn An electrical burn to the angle of the mouth cauterizes superficial bleeding vessels, and hours later the wound becomes covered with a white layer of fibrin, surrounded by erythema. Most patients do well, and the burn heals by secondary intention. Take Home Points 1. J Pediatr Surg.

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Burns Emergency Department EKG/ECG Shock 40

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

However, PCT can be elevated in severe trauma, such as burns or surgery [5,25]. A 2011 meta-analysis in the journal of Academic Emergency Medicine found ESR, CRP, and PCT were not acutely useful in the diagnosis of septic arthritis due to wildly varying sensitivities and specificities between studies. 2011 Jan;3(1):118-27.

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Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 88

ACEP Now

APRIL 5, 2024

Antoinette Burns was the twelfth victim, a 14-year-old girl without any evidence of cocaine consumption at all. 9,16 For example, in a 2011 review article looking at the evidence for excited delirium, 34 percent of the citations were authored by at least one of the excited delirium task force members or Dr. Wetli himself.

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Forensics Psychiatric Burns Hospitals 49

EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

the FEAST trial 29 from 2011 conducted in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, also showed significantly increased harms in the aggressive volume resuscitation group in children with sepsis and signs of shock. 2024, 33 use of ultrasound may lead to a reduction in mortality, less volume of fluids given, and decreased hospital stay. Tullo et al.

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Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Sepsis Resuscitation 69