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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Managing Pneumothorax

Taming the SRU

It can be further divided into two types: primary--those that occur in generally healthy individuals without underlying lung disease, and secondary--those that occur in individuals with underlying lung disease such as COPD [1]. Trends in the Incidence and Recurrence of Inpatient-Treated Spontaneous Pneumothorax, 1968-2016.

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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. Patient’s need adequate fluid resuscitation.

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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. Give appropriate fluids, vasopressors, and antibiotics. 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. 2016.11.007.