Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MAY 1, 2017

Pediatrics. Pediatrics. Check the bilirubin in any neonate you are working up for sepsis. Pediatrics. Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2012; 129(4). Pediatrics. Pediatrics. Pediatrics in Review. Pediatrics. This will tell you: home or admission. Can I go Home Now? Bhutani et al.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2016

Hypovolemic Shock The most common presentation of pediatric shock; look for decreased activity, decreased urine output, absence of tears, dry mucous membranes, sunken fontanelle. Distributive Shock The most common cause of distributive shock is sepsis, followed by anaphylactic, toxicologic, adrenal, and neurogenic causes. Pediatrics.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2016

Think meningitis, UTI, or sepsis. The International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) criteria for DKA : Hyperglycemia, with a blood glucose of >200 mg/dL (11 mmol/L) AND Evidence of metabolic acidosis, with a venous pH of less than 7.3 Effortless tachypnea may be a sign of acidosis or sepsis. Radiographics.

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Northwestern EM Blog

MAY 16, 2022

pediatrics, pregnancy, solitary kidney, fever, unstable/critically ill, unrelenting pain, atypical features, etc). were hospitalizations during f/u period; 26.4% vs. Emergency department visits, use of imaging, and drugs for urolithiasis have increased in the United States. Kidney international , 83 (3), 479-486. Coursey, C. Casalino, D.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 25, 2023

However, a 2012 systematic review and meta-analysis (SRMA) reported that etomidate was associated with adrenal insufficiency and increased mortality in septic patients. Etomidate is associated with mortality and adrenal insufficiency in sepsis: a meta-analysis*. J Crit Care. 2023;77:154317. References Chan CM, et al. Crit Care Med.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. This is true in life-threatening conditions such as sepsis. However, when children do not have features of sepsis, oral antibiotics are equally effective. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Jun 11;172(11):847–52. Karageorgos, S.;

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Because of this possible diagnosis, they were commenced on a macrolide antibiotic (azithromycin) in addition to treatment for neonatal sepsis +/- meningitis (ceftriaxone and acyclovir). We know that vaccination is key for protection, as there were 63 deaths in just one year before the vaccination was recommended in pregnancy in 2012.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 14, 2024

This sort of sepsis would produce many of the common autopsy findings. ”) A 2016 study by Lambert et al in The Journal of Pediatrics shows how variable death investigations can be. Most SIDS babies have congested lungs, and 75% have a history of a recent cold, or an existing cold.

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Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Development of a New Screening Tool for Pediatric Septic Shock. Ann Emerg Med 2024; Big Picture Current screening tools for pediatric septic shock and sepsis are highly specific but lack sensitivity. A Brief Sepsis Overview Sepsis is a topic that is ever changing in the literature.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

He has received 20ml/kg in 5 to 10ml/kg aliquots in the ED, as his blood pressure keeps dropping, and the ED team is concerned about possible sepsis. Understanding venous congestion in pediatric patients may identify new causal pathways of organ injury for critically ill patients, with potential treatment implications.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

Sepsis There has been much controversy over the last two decades around the various nuances of volume resuscitation in ED patients with suspected sepsis, much of which goes beyond the scope of this limited review. 43 found that IV fluids did not improve symptoms in headache patients in a single pediatric ED. Andrews et al.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 13, 2025

Often, these babies are managed as more common neonatal illnesses initially, such as persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, sepsis, or respiratory distress syndrome. Preface, in Park’s Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners (Sixth Edition), M.K. Ann Thorac Surg, 2012. Park, Editor. 2014, Mosby: Philadelphia.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

died of sepsis from an infected blister on his foot resulting from a tennis game at the White House. June 5, 2012 News report and transcript of the manuscript “true copy” of Dr. Leale’s report of the assassination and medical care of President Lincoln. He succeeded to the Presidency upon Harding’s death by heart attack.

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