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Sickle Cell Disease Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Afro-Caribbean patients should be screened for sickle cell before anaesthesia for possible pre-operative transfusion. Infections, fever, acidosis, hypoxia, dehydration and exposure to extreme temperatures can trigger VOC even though often no cause is identified. Rotavirus gastroenteritis and dehydration C. Anemia ; 2015.DOI:10.1155/2015/791498.

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Don’t Forget the Orbeez!

Don't Forget the Bubbles

2015 But we all know that what happens in the lab does not always mirror what happens in real life. Other symptoms, such as constipation, abdominal pain and dehydration, were also be seen. They passed away a few days after a second operation. The liquids were chosen to “approximate a pediatric digestive environment.”

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Episode 30 - Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

EB Medicine

Nachi: Unfortunately this procedure is associated with a relatively high re-operation rate – one study found 20% of patients required removal or revision. Jeff: Even more shockingly, some series showed a 52% repeat operation rate. These patients often require emergent operative intervention. At 6 to 8 mL/kg.

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Caring for children after a kidney transplant

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Inadequate fluid consumption, combined with factors like hot weather or strenuous physical activity, can lead to gradual dehydration with cumulative effects. suprapubic catheters, gastrostomy tubes, haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis lines – may have been left in situ in the initial post-operative period), and central vascular catheters.

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Ovarian Torsion: Don’t get your knickers in a twist!

Don't Forget the Bubbles

2015) Surgical problems in the paediatric patient, Clinical Gynaecology, 2 nd edition, p578-579. 2015 Aug;33(8):487-93. Epub 2015 Jun 29. How unstable is this patient? Do they need to be in the bay in front of your nursing station or in resus? Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Mansuria S.M, Donnellan N.M

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

Jeff: A systematic review and meta-analysis from 2015 found low-quality evidence to support cannabis therapy for appetite suppression in HIV and aids patients; moderate-quality evidence for treatment of chronic pain and spasticity; and also moderate quality evidence for some chronic debilitating diseases. Counsel them on drug abuse also.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Also consider non-hemorrhagic volume depletion, dehydration : orthostatic vitals may uncover this [see Mendu et al. (3)]. Premonitory symptoms (Nausea, pallor, diaphoresis, flushing), or triggers (Valsalva, Pain, Emotion, Prolonged Standing, Dehydration) are very useful in making the diagnosis. Vasovagal syncope is generally benign.