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ToxCard: Iron

EMDocs

Aggressive fluid resuscitation as patients may be severely hypovolemic from GI symptoms. Blood transfusion for clinically significant blood loss. Case Follow-up: The patient received a fluid resuscitation with 20 mL/kg bolus of normal saline. McGraw Hill; 2016. Antiemetics as needed. 2 L/hr in adults.

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EM@3AM: Amniotic Fluid Embolism

EMDocs

“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

EMDocs

2019 American Heart Association Focused Update on Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: Use of Advanced Airways, Vasopressors, and Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation During Cardiac Arrest: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation.

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Episode 16: “Blood”

PHEM Cast

In systems in which a potentially less harmful resuscitation strategy can be delivered sooner – PH systems with packed red cells / fresh frozen plasma / whole blood or freeze dried plasma, then it seems pragmatic to aim for normotension (predicted normal blood pressure) sooner in the patient’s care timeline than we have been e.g. at one hour.

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

RebelEM

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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Vasopressor Nonresponse

Northwestern EM Blog

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. Curr Opin Crit Care. 5) Kerns W.

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

EB Medicine

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! Patient’s need adequate fluid resuscitation. Just a reminder that a history of CHF doesn’t preclude proper fluid resuscitation. Sepsis-3!!

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