Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 14, 2023

Transabdominal ultrasound of rectal diameter in healthy infants: a prospective cohort study during the first year of life. Guidelines and best evidence Analgesia and sedation in critically ill pediatric patients: an update from the recent guidelines and point of view. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. Bu X, et al. Eur J Pediatr.

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

Similarly, a 2013 meta-analysis of 6 studies with 1,006 patients published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine showed neither CRP nor PCT are sufficient to rule-in or rule-out infective endocarditis, with PCT having a pooled sensitivity of 64% and specificity of 73% and CRP having a pooled sensitivity of 75% and specificity of 73% [40].

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2019

Jeff: Great starting point since there is certainly a lot of debate about the discriminatory zone. So to get us all on the same page, the discriminatory zone is the b-HCG at which an IUP is expected to be seen on ultrasound. A 2010 Meta-Analysis found a NPV of 99.96% when an er doc identified an IUP on bedside ultrasound.

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