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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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New "sepsis tests" are here: how well do they work?

PulmCCM

Various new “sepsis tests” have come to market or will soon, claiming to solve the problem of diagnostic imprecision in the early management of suspected sepsis. The lack of a reliable diagnostic test or universally accepted criteria to diagnose sepsis leads to significant challenges in clinical practice and research.

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An Herbal Hope: Is XBJ A Game-Changer in Sepsis Management?

RebelEM

Background: Could Xuebijing (XBJ) catalyze a paradigm shift in sepsis management? XBJ is an herbal compound used in China to manage various inflammatory and infectious processes in recent years, including sepsis. This post evaluates the recent “Efficacy of Xuebijing Injection in Patients With Sepsis (EXIT-SEP)” trial.

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emDOCs Revamp: Alcohol Withdrawal

EMDocs

2016; 83(1): 67-79. fold higher risk of NSTI than the control group 12 For those without comorbidities , AUD exhibited a 15.2-fold fold higher risk of NSTI than the control group 12 For those without comorbidities , AUD exhibited a 15.2-fold Management of drug and alcohol withdrawal. N Engl JMed. 2003; 348:1786-1795. Cleve Clin J Med.

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Episode 7: Sepsis

PHEM Cast

[link] We hope you enjoyed our sepsis podcast. St Emlyns Induction podcast on Sepsis. March 2016. A great summary of what to do when a patient with suspected sepsis first arrives in the ED. A great summary of what to do when a patient with suspected sepsis first arrives in the ED.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 115: Adult Meningitis

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The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults [published correction appears in J Infect. 2016 Jun;72 (6):768-769]. PMID: 15494903 McGill F, et al. 2016;72(4):405-438. PMID: 26845731 van de Beek D, Cabellos C, Dzupova O, et al.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 85: Tricky Cases Part 1

EMDocs

Learning points: Consider differential – sepsis, thyroid storm, thalamic stroke, exertional and classic heat stroke, serotonin syndrome, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, sympathomimetic toxicity, and anticholinergics. 2016 Apr;34(4):694-6. Temperature starts to decrease. Removed from cooling at 102 and admitted to ICU.