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. The primary outcome was 28-day mortality – TXA improved survival with no increased risk of cerebral clots. What about head injury , though? This is not good.

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Head Injuries Seizures Pediatrics Outcomes 145

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.

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Head Injuries Pediatrics Outcomes Shock 246

The Trauma Pro

MAY 9, 2023

The Pennsylvania Trauma Outcomes Study database contains a huge amount of data. This represents when after arrival, patients start dying due to their injuries. Penetrating injury plus hypotension kills the fastest at 19 minutes and head injuries the slowest at 1:20.

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Head Injuries Operations Documentation/Coding Outcomes 130

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 5, 2023

Comparison of PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE rules for children with minor head injury: a prospective cohort study. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2014. He is a […] The post SGEM#412: I Can’t Choose…from all the Head Injury Prediction Rules first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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Head Injuries Pediatrics Fractures Outcomes 40

RebelEM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

1, 2 Its occurrence often portends worse outcomes in intubated patients, whose projected hospital course was already tenuous. 3, 6 Among patients with stroke or traumatic brain injury (TBI), the risk may be as high as 28%-76% and 23%-60%, respectively. 4, 8 Paper: Dahyot-Fizelier, C.,

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CDC Radiology Radiology Head Injuries 122

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 Primary Outcome: Discharged home from the ED Secondary Outcomes: There were several secondary outcomes. Am J Hematol.

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Administration Pediatrics Emergency Department Outcomes 97

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 17, 2023

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) released an expert panel report in 2014 with evidence-based guidelines for management of sickle cell disease recommending timely administration of parenteral opioids for VOE. [7] 1-6] Children with SCD presenting to the ED with VOE require timely and effective pain control.

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Emergency Department Pediatrics Head Injuries Administration 74