Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

The infant in shock after a ‘cold’: myocarditis Beware of the poor feeding, tachycardic, ill appearing infant who “has a cold” because everyone else around him has a ‘cold’. Fontan Operation and the Single Ventricle. 2014; 14(1): 23-227. 2014; 5(4)L631-634. 2014; 12:15. References Congenital AboulHosn JA et al.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

2014 May;133(5):e1179-88. You should also consider the possibility of quote unquote spinal shock. than it is spinal shock. And hypotension, bradycardia, or temperature instability can result from hemorrhagic and or spinal shock. That’s a spine or neurosurgery operation. Pediatrics. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-3505.

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Fractures Pediatrics Radiology Radiology 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

Ranulf went white with the shock. A recent review was conducted on Trauma Quality Improvement Program data between 2014 and 2016. These procedures require an experienced operator. These procedures require an experienced operator. These procedures require an experienced operator. Really, in a 14-year-old?

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Resuscitation Operations Sepsis Pediatrics 139

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Perhaps, not insignificantly, they were accustomed to receiving systematized government-supplied medical and trauma care, with "shock rooms" receiving an influx of victims, as contrasted to those later who opposed "socialized medicine." Erratum in Mouth-to-Airway [adjunct] 4/22/2014. Committee on Shock.

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Emergency Nursing EMS Resuscitation Military 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

Afro-Caribbean patients should be screened for sickle cell before anaesthesia for possible pre-operative transfusion. Symptoms may be non-specific in the beginning with patients quickly developing septic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation. 2014; 349–356. What could be the differential diagnosis? Macharia AW et al.

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Blood Transfusions Stroke Dehydration Sepsis 126

EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Septic shock is high on the differential diagnosis for this patient’s presentation. Introduction Sepsis and septic shock are life-threatening conditions characterized by severe systemic inflammation and organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection. What are the most up-to-date guidelines for managing this patient?

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MARCH 1, 2016

On arrival, he was in compensated shock, with tachycardia. Often children even with high-grade splenic and liver lacerations can be managed non-operatively. Unfortunately, a negative FAST cannot help with detecting or grading the laceration for non-operative management. 2014 Apr;63(4):460-2. 2014 Aug;49(8):1295-9.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

Neonatal observational scales have been validated in the intensive care and post-operative settings; ED-specific quantitative scales are lacking. CRIES ( Table 1 ) was validated for post-operative patients; to adapt its use for the ED, the most conservative approach is to substitute “preoperative baseline” with normal range for age.

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Pediatrics Soft Tissue Injuries Burns Emergency Department 40

EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

Jeff: A 2014 study even showed an up to 80% reduction in the likelihood of developing DM2 postoperatively at the 7-year mark. overall, these surgeries are relatively safe with one 2014 review publishing a 10-17% overall complication rate and a perioperative 30 day mortality of less than 1%. Nachi: So we have a lot to cover!

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Emergency Department Sepsis Operations Ultrasounds 40

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

This finding was not significantly different among operators with different levels of experience, or between adults and children. Epub 2014 Dec 3. Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021. Epub 2014 Oct 27. Int J Rheum Dis. 2015 Mar;18(3):352-9. PMID: 25469944.

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Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 88

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

26 With regards to penetrating neck injuries, particularly those in which the platysma is violated, CTA of the neck has allowed a shift away from mandatory operative exploration of Zone 2 neck wounds (those in the mid-neck). However, IgE-mediated or not, anaphylactic shock is possible in either case. J Neurosurg 2014, 121 (1), 24-31.

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Stroke Radiology Radiology Emergency Department 98

EMDocs

JANUARY 16, 2025

Trajectory of Mortality and Health-Related Quality of Life Morbidity Following Community-Acquired Pediatric Septic Shock. 2014 Oct;31(e1):e19-24. Development and Validation of the Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock. but PPV ranges from 25.1-39.5% 0.38 (95% CI 0.20-0.39) 0.39) AUROC of 0.71-0.92 and PPV of 5.3-7.1%

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Sepsis Pediatrics Shock Hospitals 81

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

BRASH syndrome: Bradycardia, Renal Failure, AV blockade, Shock, and Hyperkalemia. The reason this is clinically important is that if hypocalcemia is present, this may further exacerbate the adverse cardiac effects of hyperkalemia ( Barboza de Oliveira et al Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc 29(3):432-436, 2014 ). West J Emerg Med 2017.

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