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Congestive Heart Failure and Sepsis: A Closer Look at Fluid Management

RebelEM

For those with sepsis, the administration of intravenous fluids (IVF) at the volumes recommended in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) requires careful consideration of an individual’s chronic medical conditions and subsequent sensitivity to IVF. Article: Vaeli Zadeh A, Wong A, Crawford AC, Collado E, Larned JM. Am J Emerg Med.

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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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SGEM#246: I Start the Line – But Will It Make a Difference?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Association Between Early Intravenous Fluids Provided by Paramedics and Subsequent In-Hospital Mortality Among Patients With Sepsis. Association Between Early Intravenous Fluids Provided by Paramedics and Subsequent In-Hospital Mortality Among Patients With Sepsis. Date: February 22nd, 2019 Reference: Lane et al. Reference: Lane et al.

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Post #3 Back-to-Sleep series

Sensible Medicine

This sort of sepsis would produce many of the common autopsy findings. ” Indeed, cause of death is coded differently over time and across counties, states, and countries. ”) A 2016 study by Lambert et al in The Journal of Pediatrics shows how variable death investigations can be.

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

EB Medicine

This month, we’ll be talking Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock. We have a special episode for you this month… We’ve brought Dr. Jeremy Rose, one of the peer reviewers, and a sepsis expert, on with us to talk through the content this month. Jeff : Sepsis chair. Sepsis-3!!

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Lumbar Punctures

Taming the SRU

1) However, it wasn’t until the 1890s that purposeful, successful, and safe attempts to access this fluid were documented (2). The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults. Glennie, L., Gaillemin, O., Wyncoll, D., Kaczmarski, E.,

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Managing the Patient with Alcohol Intoxication

RebelEM

Pain / Additional Complaints : Alcohol can weaken the immune system with only moderate use, predisposing individuals to pneumonia, soft tissue infections, and sepsis. Document at each reassessment and always have a low threshold to add on a CTH or labs if the patient is not progressing appropriately. 2016 Feb 4;65:242-51.