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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

2016 Apr; 32(4): 227–231. Worldwide, children <5 years old account for 76% of deaths related to malaria, but these are predominantly in Sub-Saharan Africa (WHO 2022) P. vivax , P. malariae , and the less common P. knowlesi and P. simium (Forgie 2022) P. vivax and P. falciparum parasitemia , and no other defined cause of AMS (WHO 2023).

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ToxCard: Iron

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

Blood transfusion for clinically significant blood loss. 5 Consider exchange transfusion in addition to deferoxamine for serum iron concentrations greater than 1000 g/dL, or those who clinically deteriorate despite supportive care and chelation. McGraw Hill; 2016. Hernandez SH, Nelson LS. & Rangan, C.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Transfusion Decisions in Severe Anaemia Reducing child mortality remains high on the global health agenda. Let’s take the humble blood transfusion – used in emergency departments across the globe and playing a key role in critical care. However, there is a huge variation in transfusion practice globally.

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EM@3AM: Amniotic Fluid Embolism

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JUNE 22, 2024

“Amniotic fluid embolism.” ” Obstet Gynecol 123(2 Pt 1): 337-348. link] Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Electronic address, p. “Amniotic fluid embolism: diagnosis and management.” ” Am J Obstet Gynecol 215(2): B16-24. link] j.ajog.2016.03.012 2016.03.012 Patel, P.,

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 84: Capnography

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Published 2016 Jan 29. Diagnostic value of end tidal capnography in patients with hyperglycemia in the emergency department. BMC Emerg Med. PMID: 26821648 Hemnes AR, Newman AL, Rosenbaum B, et al. Bedside end-tidal CO2 tension as a screening tool to exclude pulmonary embolism. Eur Respir J. 2010;35(4):735-741.

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Episode 16: “Blood”

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Prehospital Blood Product Resuscitation for Trauma. 2016 Jul;46(1):3–16. Shorter times to packed red blood cell transfusion are associated with decreased risk of death in traumatically injured patients. 2016 Sep;81(3):458-62. Prehospital transfusion of plasma and red blood cells in trauma patients.

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External validation of Glasgow-Blatchford, modified Glasgow-Blatchford and CANUKA scores to identify low-risk patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding in emergency departments: a retrospective cohort study

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MAY 23, 2023

Methods A single-centre retrospective study was performed including patients with suspected UGIB visiting the ED of Saint-Antoine hospital (Paris, France) from January 2016 to December 2018. Need for intervention was defined as the need for blood transfusion, endoscopic haemostasis or rebleeding within 7 days.

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TEG-Guided Resuscitation of Patients with Cirrhosis and Non-Variceal Bleeding

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

What They Did Single-center randomized controlled study design performed by the Department of Hepatology & Liver transplantation in New Delhi Study participants, investigator clinicians, data collectors, and data analysts were blinded Investigators recruited participants from February 27, 2016 – March 3, 2018. Ann Intern Med.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

Those at higher risk of hypocalcemia (vitamin D deficiency, ESRD, hyperparathyroidism, burns, multiple blood transfusions, etc.) Hypocalcemia can be hinted at through history or by hints such as a prolonged QTc on an ECG. may have greater severity of shock with increased mortality. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2008;14:379-83. 3) Farkas J.

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Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

In the era of modern medicine, blood transfusions are commonplace, especially in the emergency department. Transfusion reactions are a spectrum of adverse events that can occur with the transfusion of whole blood or any of its components. One of the major risk factors is receiving a blood transfusion in the past.

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Episode 21- Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

In 2014, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine started a task force, and by 2016, updated definitions were out again! 1991 marked the first standardized definition. Then in 2001, sepsis-2 was introduced. Sepsis-3!! Jeremy, why don’t you take us through Sepsis 3.

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Unstable Pelvic Trauma Patient: ED Presentations, Evaluation, and Management

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JUNE 3, 2023

McGraw Hill; 2016. Published 2016 May 18. Effects of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events, and blood transfusion in trauma patients with significant haemorrhage (CRASH-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Published 2016 May 18. Published June 6, 2016. Pelvis Injuries. Radiopaedia.org.

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JULY 3, 2023

Blood Transfus. 2016 Aug;25(1):29-39. Curr Neurol Neurosci Reports. 2018;18(10):71.  2018;18(10):71. Zanon E, Pasca S. Intracranial haemorrhage in children and adults with haemophilia A and B: a literature review of the last 20 years. 2019 Sep;17(5):378-384. Dubosh NM, Bellolio MF, Rabinstein AA, et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021

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JUNE 27, 2024

His medical history is significant for three prior admissions for vaso-occlusive crises that have responded well to appropriate therapy, including pain control with NSAIDs and opioids, blood transfusions, antibiotics, and intravenous (IV) crystalloids. 2016 Dec;91(12):1185-1190. Epub 2016 Oct 3. Am J Hematol.

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TXA (Tranexamic Acid) in Pediatrics

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MARCH 7, 2025

While transfusing blood can be beneficial to those who have lost it or continue to lose it quickly, blood may not always be immediately available. Or maybe the family does not desire blood transfusions. mg/kg [Nishijima 2016] Poorly studied in renally impaired patients. 2010Jul 03;376(9734):23-32.

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Leucodepletion in Bordetella Pertussis

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

2016 Oct;74(7):ftw087. Exchange blood transfusion in the management of severe pertussis in young infants. Exchange transfusion safety and outcomes in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Pathology and pathogenesis of fatal Bordetella pertussis infection in infants. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;47:32838 Carbonetti. Pathog Dis.

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Rethinking Fluid Resuscitation in Vaso-Occlusive Crisis: Is Lactated Ringer’s the Superior Choice?

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

The heterogeneity of treatment effects was also assessed among different hemoglobin SS genotypes, levels of care, volumes of fluid resuscitation, and diagnosis of acute kidney dysfunction on admission.

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A Practical Approach to HIV/AIDS: Part 1

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MARCH 24, 2025

7 The disease spreads primarily through unprotected sexual contact, sharing of contaminated needles, blood transfusions, and from mother to child during childbirth or breastfeeding. The virus spreads through unprotected sex, blood transfusions, injection drug use, and from mother to child. 2nd edition.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

A whole blood transfusion is initiated for the management of her anemia. International Monetary Fund; 2016. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2016. Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, 19902016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Accessed October 5, 2024.

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External validation of Glasgow-Blatchford, modified Glasgow-Blatchford and CANUKA scores to identify low-risk patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding in emergency departments: a retrospective cohort study

TEG-Guided Resuscitation of Patients with Cirrhosis and Non-Variceal Bleeding

Vasopressor Nonresponse

Diagnostics: Blood Transfusion Reactions

Episode 21- Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock

Unstable Pelvic Trauma Patient: ED Presentations, Evaluation, and Management

Subarachnoid hemorrhage: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

emDOCs Revamp – Acute Chest Syndrome

TXA (Tranexamic Acid) in Pediatrics

Leucodepletion in Bordetella Pertussis

Rethinking Fluid Resuscitation in Vaso-Occlusive Crisis: Is Lactated Ringer’s the Superior Choice?

A Practical Approach to HIV/AIDS: Part 1

ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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