Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

For non-complicated malaria use oral Co ART em. 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. vivax or P.

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Seizures Pediatrics CDC Infectious Diseases 281

EMDocs

JUNE 22, 2024

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. According to EMS, she was in labor at home and delivered the newborn shortly after they had loaded her into the ambulance. The post EM@3AM: Amniotic Fluid Embolism appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. Electronic address, p. link] j.ajog.2016.03.012

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EMS Resuscitation Blood Transfusions Seizures 111

EMDocs

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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Poisoning Fluid Resuscitation Seizures Resuscitation 98

RebelEM

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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Resuscitation Blood Transfusions Outcomes Hospitals 52

Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

And for most forms, EM physicians are not typically shocked by shock. Those at higher risk of hypocalcemia (vitamin D deficiency, ESRD, hyperparathyroidism, burns, multiple blood transfusions, etc.) They have a toolbox of strategies, mainly fluids and vasopressors, to stabilize these critically ill patients. Curr Opin Crit Care.

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Anaphylaxis Shock Sepsis Resuscitation 52

EB Medicine

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! Jeff : I’m an EMS fellow, what can I say… Anyway, on to my favorite section -- prehospital care. 1991 marked the first standardized definition. Sepsis-3!!

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Sepsis Shock Fluid Resuscitation Hospitals 40

EMDocs

JUNE 3, 2023

Her initial vital signs are blood pressure 76/54 mmHg, heart rate 128 bpm, temperature 37.0˚ What is the EM physician’s role in the stabilization of unstable pelvic injuries? If a pelvic binder was placed by EMS, inquire whether this was placed empirically or if mechanical pelvic instability was already elicited.

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Fractures Resuscitation Operations EMS 64