ACEP Now

AUGUST 25, 2023

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute released an expert panel report in 2014 with evidence-based guidelines for management of SCD recommending timely administration of parenteral opioids for VOE.2 The differences observed in this study make it uncertain if these findings can be generalized outside of these academic settings.

Administration 97

Administration Pediatrics Emergency Department Outcomes 97

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning. Predicting outcome in individual patients after severe head injury.

Head Injuries 246

Head Injuries Pediatrics Outcomes Shock 246

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

No, I don’t give TXA to kids with isolated head injuries We want to stop any clot breakdown to try and slow any potential bleeding. What about head injury , though? Along came the CRASH 3 trial, another huge study looking specifically at TXA in traumatic brain injury. This is not good. in the TXA group vs 53.7%

Head Injuries 145

Head Injuries Seizures Pediatrics Outcomes 145

RebelEM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Limited to academic hospitals in one country, which may call generalizability into question. 11 Curiously, VAP in patients with traumatic head injury does not appear to increase mortality, but does increase ventilator time, ICU, and hospital length of stay. Critical Care 2014 , 18 (2), 208. DOI: 10.1186/cc13775.

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CDC Radiology Radiology Head Injuries 119