Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

As the name would suggest, inflammatory markers are biological markers of, well, inflammation. Sepsis PCT may have some utility in guiding posttest probability for sepsis when the diagnosis is unclear. Raised inflammatory markers BMJ 2012; 344 :e454 doi:10.1136/bmj.e454 Gabay C, Kushner I. 2012 Jul 23;2(1):32.

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Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 87

RebelEM

JANUARY 25, 2023

Late findings Fever Abdominal distension (+) LR: 5.64 – 16.8 (-) LR: 0.34 – 0.43 Absent bowel sounds Peritoneal signs (i.e. rebound and guarding) Diagnostics Laboratory Tests Commonly ordered lab tests (i.e. Late findings Fever Abdominal distension (+) LR: 5.64 – 16.8 (-) LR: 0.34 – 0.43

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Taming the SRU

JULY 21, 2023

In infants, this can represent a medical emergency as it can quickly lead to orbital cellulitis and sepsis. Patients will often have objective visual acuity impairment as well as a fever or leukocytosis. Corneal ulcers are most frequently caused by Pseudomonas (especially if they wear contact lens), as well as S. O’Brien TP.

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Emergency Department EMS Burns Wellness 86

Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 14, 2024

In popular (lay) understanding, SIDS represents a common danger that a well-cared for and apparently healthy baby will suddenly and terrifyingly be found dead in the morning. This sort of sepsis would produce many of the common autopsy findings. What do we know about SIDS and how effective back sleep is at reducing it?

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CDC Sepsis Research Pediatrics 68

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Emlyn’s blog and podcast since 2012. However, if the child is looks well, but the clinician determines that the febrile infant is not in the low risk group for a UTI, the AAP recommends two options. Non-invasive methods are preferable for all but those at risk of neonatal sepsis or the ill ap.

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Pediatrics Emergency Department Sepsis Wellness 52

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

This definition includes clinically apparent seizures as well as those seen only on EEG.) Or… is it something else as well? Pediatric status epilepticus is analogous to the multi-organ dysfunction syndrome in severe sepsis. 2012; DOI 10.1007/s12028-012-9695-z Capovilla G et al. 2012; 79:2355-2358. Boston, MA.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

Patients with sepsis get antibiotics. The article also will not address severe agitation, which is already well covered elsewhere and is the topic of an ACEP clinical policy currently in development. 2012 Feb;13(1):17-25. 2012 Feb;13(1):26-34. Emergency departments (EDs) focus on rapid initiation of medical treatment.

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Emergency Department Psychiatric Administration Best Practices 52

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MAY 1, 2017

Home care The neonate who is safe to go home is well appearing, and not dehydrated. Make sure to enlist the family's help and support to keep Mom hydrated, eating well, and resting whenever she can. My take away: we now have some evidence basis for using filtered sunlight as an adjunct for babies well enough to go home.

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Dehydration Pediatrics Wellness Seizures 52

PulmCCM

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Notably, they observed that while phenylephrine rectified hypotension, it significantly reduced heart rate [HR], SV – and, therefore, total cardiac output [CO] – as well as cerebral oxygenation [SctO2]. evaluated phenylephrine in 7 critically-ill patients with ‘hyperdynamic’ sepsis [defined as sepsis with CO above 6.0

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2016

Think meningitis, UTI, or sepsis. Effortless tachypnea may be a sign of acidosis or sepsis. Consider surgical causes of forceful vomiting, especially if the child does not look anything other than well. 2012; 43(1): e49–e51. In the stable patient, get an upper GI contrast study. Premature, unwell, and vomiting?

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PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Well … no. In my anecdotal experience, these phrases have an impressively high positive predictive value for badness (early sepsis, often).

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Hospitals Resuscitation Burns Documentation/Coding 52

Northwestern EM Blog

MAY 16, 2022

The above study was well summarized and bears repeating that, in this multicenter randomized study assessing CT vs POCUS vs radiology performed US in patients with suspected renal colic in the ED setting, initial US reduced radiation exposure without adversely affecting patient-centered outcomes. were hospitalizations during f/u period; 26.4%

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Mind The Bleep

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

After a red cell transfusion they have some adult Hb which shifts the curve to the right and you then need a high partial pressure of oxygen to saturate well. Well, a baby in a prone position can better equally inflate both lungs, overall compliance of the chest wall is better and the alveoli are better inflated.

Wellness 52

Wellness Sepsis Stroke Shock 52

EMDocs

OCTOBER 5, 2024

ESBL are found exclusively in Gram-negative organisms, including: Klebsiella pneumoniae Klebsiella oxytoca Escherichia coli Proteus mirabilis Pseudomonas aeruginosa The first reported beta-lactamase enzyme was reported in 1963, and today there are well over 350 ESBL enzyme variants.

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EMS Infectious Diseases Sepsis Hospitals 74

EMDocs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

She had been feeling well until yesterday when she had a follow-up with her surgeon, at which time she reported that they performed an internal exam and inserted a ‘medication disk’ into her vagina. The patient is noted to be mildly tachycardic as well as febrile. 2012 APR; 52(2): 121-7. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

There are increasingly many writings upon the health of our Presidents either factual or speculative, and even in contention whether the office is inherently detrimental to wellness and longevity of its occupants. died of sepsis from an infected blister on his foot resulting from a tennis game at the White House. His son, Calvin, Jr.,

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 31, 2024

He developed sepsis very similar to puerperal fever and died. Given the similarities between the way his friend died and death from puerperal fever, Semmelweis thought that there must be some pathogen transmitted by dead tissue causing sepsis. A friend of Semmelweis cut his finger during an autopsy.

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Sepsis CDC Burns Academics 143