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Clinical Conundrums: How Long Should We Monitor After Giving IM Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis?

RebelEM

How Long Should We Monitor After Giving IM Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis? mg of intramuscular (IM) epinephrine for anaphylaxis. What The Evidence Says: Prompt recognition of anaphylaxis is imperative. A naphylaxis – Emergency Medicine Updates 2. Updated Anaphylaxis Guidelines (2020) References Lieberman P.

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REBEL Core Cast 108.0 – Angioedema

RebelEM

patients that take ACE inhibitors (but 20-30% of all angioedema presentations to the Emergency Department) 3 times more common in Black Americans ( Kostis 2005 ) 0.01 These chemicals can recruit other cells, like eosinophils, and may lead to anaphylaxis. 2015; 372(5):418-25. J Emerg Med 2013; 44 (4): 764-772.

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

EMDocs

population at large Enrollment was terminated at an interim analysis due to predefined futility criteria that suggested that there was a 1% chance that carrying the trial to completion would demonstrate a most effect or least effective treatment.

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Episode 20 - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake Envenomations

EB Medicine

Jeff: Welcome back to Emplify, the podcast corollary to EB Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice. I’m Jeff Nusbaum, and I’m back with my co-host, Nachi Gupta and we’ll be taking you through the September 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake envenomations.

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Vasopressor Nonresponse

Northwestern EM Blog

Anaphylaxis Anaphylaxis may present as hypotension alone. Thus, it may easily be confused with a different form of shock and treated with vasopressors such as norepinephrine and vasopressin, which are not first line for anaphylaxis. Revised National Estimates of Emergency Department Visits for Sepsis in the United States.

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

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Though they are relatively safe, upper airway angioedema is one of the life-threatening adverse effects that we see frequently in the Emergency Department. Though this disorder is routinely treated with medications for anaphylaxis (i.e. We covered ACE-I induced angioedema and reviewed the 2015 icatibant study on SGEM#110.

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Severe Asthma Management in the ED

EM Guide Wire

Nebulized Mg sulfate treatment shows no significant effect on respiratory function or hospital admission High-Dose Magnesium Sulfate Infusion for Severe Asthma in the Emergency Department Efficacy Study All patients of 6–16 years old who failed to improve after 2 hours of standard therapy for asthma. doi: 10.5935/0103-507X.20150065