EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

While it was < 15% in 1990, by 2016 it reached 40%. Leakage from the staple line typically presents within the first week, but can present up to 35 days, usually with fevers, tachycardia, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting sepsis, or peritonitis. Jeff: Well that’s kind worrisome. That’s almost half of the population. million adults!!

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EB Medicine

JUNE 6, 2019

CT is good but you really should learn ultrasound, and lastly, sick patients need prompt consultation and resuscitation, not rapid trips to radiology. Nachi: For more information on HIV and its management, check out the February 2016 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice , which covered this and more in depth. Jeff: Indeed.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Introduction Sepsis and septic shock are life-threatening conditions characterized by severe systemic inflammation and organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection. 3,4 Prompt recognition and management of sepsis and septic shock are paramount for the ED clinician. vs. 0.91), positive predictive value (0.27

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This retrospective study, conducted between 2016 and 2018, looked at paediatric patients aged between 2 and 17 years presenting with severe exacerbation of asthma to a single tertiary paediatric Emergency Department in Memphis, Tennessee. Pediatric Emergency Care 39(7):p 524-529, July 2023. DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002890

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Emergency Medicine Ireland

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This has relevance to the ICU population in 2 major ares * Sepsis. * EF does not correlate with particularly well with mortality in sepsis though diastolic dysfunction does * It may be due to under filling and the reduced diastolic filling due to the ubiquitous tachycardia in sepsis. . *

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PulmCCM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

With the explosion of bedside ultrasound and automated methods to capture LVEF, the ejection fraction will grow in clinical prominence and affect decisions for the acutely-ill. Critical care 2016, 20(1):270. Marik P, Bellomo R: A rational approach to fluid therapy in sepsis. Jon-Emile S. Chest 1988, 93(5):903-910.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 17, 2023

Reviews and opinion articles Point-of-care ultrasound in pediatric nephrology. Evaluating the Impact of the 2017 Dutch Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Guideline. 2023 Jun 14;46:8-23 One-year survival and outcomes of infants born at 22 and 23 weeks of gestation in Sweden 2004-2007, 2014-2016 and 2017-2019. Sethi SK, et al.

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PulmCCM

MARCH 31, 2025

critical care society issued a guideline update authored by a cadre of those experts, recommending bedside ultrasound should be used to help manage the vast majority of critically ill patients. What drove the society to make this significant change to its 2016 ultrasound guidelines? In February 2025, the major U.S.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

He has received 20ml/kg in 5 to 10ml/kg aliquots in the ED, as his blood pressure keeps dropping, and the ED team is concerned about possible sepsis. Before considering a further fluid bolus, you do a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). J Ultrasound Med, 2023. As the PICU Registrar, you are called to review him. References 1.

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