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Best Practices for Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

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Fluid resuscitation should be initiated. However, a 2017 study of 34 patients suggests that balloon tamponade, when used as a bridge to EGD, improves patient mortality, with 59 percent of patients surviving to hospital discharge. The post Best Practices for Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage appeared first on ACEP Now.

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IV fluids in the ED: When do we really need them?

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Sepsis There has been much controversy over the last two decades around the various nuances of volume resuscitation in ED patients with suspected sepsis, much of which goes beyond the scope of this limited review. In lower-resource settings, the evidence is stronger against a liberal approach to volume resuscitation. Andrews et al.