Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Due to its extremely high morbidity and mortality as well as high healthcare costs, the prompt recognition, diagnosis and resuscitation of shock is key. There is a subset of patients who, despite aggressive conventional resuscitation, have an inadequate hemodynamic response and develop refractory shock. California Medicine.

Anaphylaxis 52

Anaphylaxis Shock Sepsis Resuscitation 52

Northwestern EM Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Severe shock is defined as persistent hypotension requiring vasopressors to maintain a mean arterial pressure of 65mmHg and serum lactate <2 despite adequate volume resuscitation. Two classes of vasopressors have been used in the past for hypotension. They are catecholamines and vasopressin-like peptides.

Shock 52

Shock Resuscitation Fluid Resuscitation Sepsis 52

Taming the SRU

MARCH 31, 2023

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 (..)

Allergic Reactions 40

Allergic Reactions Seizures Anaphylaxis Leadership 40

EB Medicine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

As some background, from 2006-2015 there were almost 66,000 reported snake exposures and 31 deaths from snake envenomation in the US. If EMS has placed bandages, leave them in place until antivenom and resuscitative equipment is ready. Note that antivenom will NOT reverse anaphylaxis on its own. Jeff: What a team!

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department Poisoning Anaphylaxis Allergic Reactions 40

RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Volume 21, Issue 6, June 2015, Pages 583-590 Perron T, Emara M, Ahmed S. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Give appropriate fluids, vasopressors, and antibiotics. Factors influencing mortality in neutropenic patients with haematologic malignancies or solid tumours with bloodstream infection. Clinical Microbiology and Infection.

Infectious Diseases 101

Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 101