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Diagnostics: Blood Transfusion Reactions

Taming the SRU

Mild Reactions Transfusion Reaction Frequency Timeline Presentation Management Allergic - 1-3% with platelet and plasma components - 0.1-0.3% Adverse reactions to transfusion of blood products and Best Practices for Prevention.” Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America , vol. 271–290, [link] Garraud, O.,

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Review of the ATHOS 3 trial

Northwestern EM Blog

The ATHOS-3 trial in 2017 explored the efficacy of angiotensin II as a vasopressor for severe vasodilatory shock. The study was designed as a phase III multicenter randomized placebo control trial taking place across 75 intensive care units in the United States from 2015 to 2017.

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Vasopressor Nonresponse

Northwestern EM Blog

Acidosis Acidosis in shock states can present from multiple different sources, including sepsis, hypoxemia, ingestions, hyperlactatemia from hypoperfusion, amongst others. Anaphylaxis Anaphylaxis may present as hypotension alone. Hypothyroidism and Adrenal Insufficiency in Sepsis and Hemorrhagic Shock. 2008;14:379-83.

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Episode 20 - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake Envenomations

EB Medicine

Both are at the University of Florida Jacksonville, and they reviewed a total of 120 articles from 2006-2017, in addition to reviews from both Cochrane and Dare. Note that antivenom will NOT reverse anaphylaxis on its own. Side effects to NACSA include dermal reaction as the most common -- and anaphylaxis as the most severe.

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REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

RebelEM

Antibiotics are effectively the only thing standing between these patients and overwhelming sepsis. Epub 2017 Nov 22. Improving the immediate management of neutropenic sepsis in the UK: Lessons from a national audit. 2017 Jun;69(6):755-764. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Support Care Cancer. Clarke, R.