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The Latest in Critical Care, 3/11/24 (Issue #33)

PulmCCM

About 544,000 99292 codes were billed to CMS in 2021, according to ACCP , reportedly stable at about 10% of the total bills. Each hospital’s Medical Executive Committee approved the protocol, and data was collected 2016-2018. How your employer considers the billed-but-unpaid 99292s in your RVUs is a separate question.)

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An elderly male with acute altered mental status and huge ST Elevation

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A man in his 90s with a history of HTN, CKD, COPD, and OSA presented to the emergency department after being found unresponsive at home. The providers documented concern for ST elevation in the precordial and lateral leads as well as a concern for hyperkalemic T waves in the setting of succinylcholine administration. Epub 2016 Aug 27.

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Are these Wellens' waves?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This clinical information followed: "The patient had a COPD exacerbation with a prehospital SpO2 of 60%. Many patients with acute COPD exacerbations present with a similar heart rate. Finally — Note that the S1Q3T3 pattern is missing in ECG #2 , despite documentation of a massive PE. This is NOT Wellens. Is the patient hypoxic?

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ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

EMDocs

Louis); Marina Boushra, MD (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case Emergency Medical Services brings in a 62-year-old male with COPD in acute on chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure (usually on 3 L nasal cannula, now on non-rebreather at 15 L/min).

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REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

RebelEM

Epub 2016 Dec 29. Coding for Mucositis. Default to using whichever score your oncologist is more comfortable with. Application of the MASCC and CISNE Risk-Stratification Scores to Identify Low-Risk Febrile Neutropenic Patients in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Jun;69(6):755-764. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.11.007.

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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! Sepsis is coming in at a higher readmission rate and cost per admission than acute MI, CHF, COPD, and PNA. 1991 marked the first standardized definition. Sepsis-3!!

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