RebelEM

JANUARY 25, 2024

It can be used to distinguish between various conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, acute heart failure (AHF), pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, pericardial effusion, pneumothorax, and pneumonia [2,3]. Patients : Compared standard of care to serial US plus stand care in patients with dyspnea.

Ultrasounds 128

Ultrasounds Outcomes COPD Hospitals 128

PulmCCM

MARCH 25, 2024

In a well-randomized trial, equal numbers of clinically important differences in outcomes in opposite directions could average out to a null result, hiding the variability between patients. Neither PILOT nor ICU-ROX found a difference in outcomes with higher vs lower oxygenation targets in mechanical ventilated patients.

COPD 52

COPD Outcomes Research Wellness 52

EMDocs

MARCH 18, 2025

Physiologic dead space higher in chronic lung disease (COPD). Poor candidates: underlying pulmonary disease like COPD, lung cancer, bronchiectasis. Hirshberg B, Biran I, Glazer M, Kramer MR. Hemoptysis: etiology, evaluation, and outcome in a tertiary referral hospital. 2015 Mar;45(3):756-64. Wide range in numbers for MH.

COPD 81

COPD Radiology Radiology PPE 81

RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Changing aetiology, clinical features, antimicrobial resistance, and outcomes of bloodstream infection in neutropenic cancer patients. Volume 21, Issue 6, June 2015, Pages 583-590 Perron T, Emara M, Ahmed S. Time to antibiotics and outcomes in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia. Eur J Haematol 2005; 75:1. 2014;14:162.

Infectious Diseases 98

Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 98

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

He has a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hypertension (HTN), congestive heart failure (CHF), and benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). All three showed no statistical difference between the two treatments for their primary outcome ( SGEM#69 , SGEM#92 and SGEM#113 ). He’s afebrile.

Sepsis 40

Sepsis Emergency Department COPD Hospitals 40