Sickle Cell Disease and Stroke
Pediatric EM Morsels
APRIL 7, 2023
Unfortunately, it can cause so many other complications – Sepsis , acute chest syndrome , and hepatopathy.
Pediatric EM Morsels
APRIL 7, 2023
Unfortunately, it can cause so many other complications – Sepsis , acute chest syndrome , and hepatopathy.
EMDocs
MAY 11, 2024
Answer : Brainstem stroke specifically in the pons resulting in locked in syndrome. CT head without contrast 1 is performed and reveals the following: Question: What is the diagnosis?
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PulmCCM
JULY 10, 2023
Continuous meropenem infusion for critically ill patients with sepsis Antibiotics have a time-dependent effect on bacteria; maintaining bacteriocidal concentrations of antibiotics should help subdue infections better than intermittent dosing. Mortality was about 30% in each group, and most patients had hospital-acquired sepsis.
ACEP Now
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The CT scan reveals a hemorrhage in the right internal capsule, suggestive of acute hypertensive hemorrhagic stroke. We have seen other bundles, in conditions like sepsis, that did not ultimately turn out to be better than usual care (ARISE, ProMISe and ProCESS). link] Published June 30, 2013. 2022;53(7):e282-e361. N Engl J Med.
ACEP Now
JULY 7, 2024
2 A study of routine EEG in the ED in 2013 found that five percent of ED patients with altered mental status had nonconvulsive seizures (of whom 75 percent were in nonconvulsive status epilepticus).
Taming the SRU
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2018;66(3):321-328. doi:10.1093/cid/cix806 5. Glimåker, M., Johansson, B., Ericsson, M., Bläckberg, J., Lindquist, L., & Sjölin, J. Heyderman, R. C., & Solomon, T.
Pediatric Emergency Playbook
MAY 1, 2016
For altered adults, use AEIOU TIPS (Alcohol-Epilepsy-Insulin-Overdose-Uremia-Trauma-Infection-Psychosis-Stroke). meningoencephalitis, overwhelming alternate source of sepsis) T – Toxins (e.g. sludge phenomenon, secondary sepsis, hypoglycemia from supply-demand mismatch) S – Seizure (e.g. 2013; 28:145–284.
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