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ToxCard: Iron

EMDocs

Blood transfusion for clinically significant blood loss. 5 Consider exchange transfusion in addition to deferoxamine for serum iron concentrations greater than 1000 g/dL, or those who clinically deteriorate despite supportive care and chelation. Published 2012 Jul 1. 2012 Aug;39(8):719-24. PMID: 15939855.

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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

RebelEM

Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and Controlled Hemorrhage in Rats: Quest for the Optimal Mean Arterial Blood Pressure After Whole Fresh Donor Blood Resuscitation. Shock 2012. The Role of Whole Blood Transfusions in Civilian Trauma: A Review of Literature in Military and Civilian Trauma. Ann Emerg Med. Cureus 2022.

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Tools you should use: Pediatric NIH Stroke Scale

PEMBlog

Retrospective use has been shown to be valid and reliable in one cross-sectional study ( Beslow 2012 ).This Retrospective use has been shown to be valid and reliable in one cross-sectional study ( Beslow 2012 ).This Early consultation with a pediatric hematologist and neurologist is mandatory.

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SGEM386: Blood on Blood – Massive Transfusion Protocols in Older Trauma Patients

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Massive Blood Transfusion Following Older Adult Trauma: the Effect of Blood Ratios on Mortality. Case: A […] The post SGEM386: Blood on Blood – Massive Transfusion Protocols in Older Trauma Patients first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: December 16th, 2022 Reference: Hohle et al.

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Episode 16: “Blood”

PHEM Cast

Penn-Barwell JG, Roberts SA, Midwinter MJ, Bishop JR: Improved survival in UK combat casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan: 2003-2012. Prehospital transfusion of plasma and red blood cells in trauma patients. .: Prehospital transfusion of plasma and red blood cells in trauma patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg.

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SGEM#210: (Don’t) Let it Bleed – TXA for Epistaxis in Patients on Anti-Platelet Drugs

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

The American College of Chest Physicians published some evidence-based recommendations in 2012 on anticoagulation therapy [1]. TXA has been widely used in elective surgical cases and has shown decreased need for blood transfusion and reduction in mortality. We will put a link in the show notes to the protocol.

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Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 066 | Solid Tumors in Intensive Care

Emergency Medicine Ireland

An intensive care unit admission is bad for cancer as there is a sort of immunosupression that comes about with being critically ill, leading to depletion in things like natural killer cells who were rightfully killing off cancer cells till the pneumonia, steroids and blood transfusions came along. 2012 Nov;295(11):1837-50.