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52 in 52 – #36: Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus

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mg/kg or 10 mg Seizures must persist for at least 5 minutes after administration of the prespecified benzodiazepines. In light of these data, I will give levetiracetam due to its less severe side effects and ease of administration. mg/kg or 10 mg Intravenous lorazepam 0.1 mg/kg or 4 mg Intravenous midazolam 0.2

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ToxCard: Crotalid Envenomation Part 2 – CroFab vs. AnaVip: What’s the Difference?

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Approximately 12 hours following F(ab’) 2 antivenom administration, the child is noted to have progressive swelling, firmness, tension, and pain of the right calf. However, in 2015 crotalidae equine immune F(ab’) 2 (ANAVIP®) was approved by the FDA for rattlesnake envenomations, and distribution of this antivenom began in 2018.

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SGEM#188: Icatibant Bites the Dust – For ACE-I Induced Angioedema

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Your resident tells you that they recently read an article in the NEJM that argued for the administration of icatibant to usher along resolution of symptoms in ACE-I induced angioedema and asks whether you should consider this treatment. Though this disorder is routinely treated with medications for anaphylaxis (i.e.

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Vasopressor Nonresponse

Northwestern EM Blog

At those levels, bicarbonate administration has not been shown to improve cardiac output, MAP or pressor response. For example, a patient in cardiogenic shock will likely worsen with the administration of fluids and the wrong vasopressors. Anaphylaxis Anaphylaxis may present as hypotension alone. California Medicine.

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Severe Asthma Management in the ED

EM Guide Wire

of the total visits Average time to administration was 154 minutes 11.1% of patients were able to be discharged home after administration 6.8% Administration of 2 g of IV magnesium sulfate improves pulmonary function when used as an adjunct to standard therapy in patients with very severe, acute asthma. final FEV1 was 51.1%

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Grand Rounds Recap 3.15.23

Taming the SRU

massive bee envenomation - R4 Capstone - Hydrocephalus - cpc: brain tumor - hyperviscosity syndromes - the language of being well & embracing fear in emergency medicine tamingthesru: Massive bee envenomation WITH dr. Yates Anaphylaxis Pathophysiology Type 1 Hypersensitivity Reaction IgE-mediated Mast-cell degranulation of vasoactive materials Reaction (..)

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Episode 20 - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake Envenomations

EB Medicine

As some background, from 2006-2015 there were almost 66,000 reported snake exposures and 31 deaths from snake envenomation in the US. Jeff: Hypotension should be treated with isotonic fluids and, as usual, anaphylaxis should be treated with the usual cocktail of antihistamines and epinephrine at first IM and then via infusion if refractory.