Remove 2017 Remove Emergency Department Remove Sepsis
article thumbnail

Clinical Conundrum: Should We Always Treat Fever in Patients with Sepsis?

RebelEM

Bottom Line Up Top: There doesnt appear to be a morbidity or mortality benefit to treating fever in sepsis and fever may have a protective effect. A large observational study of > 2000 patients found an association with fever at presentation and ICU survival for patients with severe sepsis or septic shock ( Sunden-Culberg 2017 ).

Sepsis 72
article thumbnail

Emergency Department Evaluation of Cholestatic Labs

EMDocs

Darnall Army Medical Center) // Reviewed by: Joshua Lowe, MD (EM Attending Physician, USAF); Marina Boushra (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, (@long_brit) Disclaimer: The views expressed in this post are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, DoD, or the US Government.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

SGEM #417: Everybody’s Changing…the Reference Ranges for Pediatric Vital Signs

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Case: A 5-year-old boy presents to the emergency department (ED) with his parents for fever and fatigue. We have been reading online about something called sepsis that can be deadly. Does he have sepsis?” Specifically, heart rate and respiratory rates are used in early attempts to detect sepsis.

article thumbnail

SGEM#207: Ahh (Don’t) Push It – Pre-Hospital IV Antibiotics for Sepsis.

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Prehospital antibiotics in the ambulance for sepsis: a multicentre, open label, randomised trial. The Lancet Nov 2017. Case: EMS is dispatched to a retirement […] The post SGEM#207: Ahh (Don’t) Push It – Pre-Hospital IV Antibiotics for Sepsis. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

Sepsis 40
article thumbnail

SGEM#195: Some Like It Hot – ED Temperature and ICU Survival

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

[display_podcast] Date: November 11th, 2017 Reference: Sundén-Cullberg et al. Fever in the Emergency Department Predicts Survival of Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Admitted to the ICU. Critical Care Medicine 2017. display_podcast] Date: November 11th, 2017 Reference: Sundén-Cullberg et al.

Sepsis 52
article thumbnail

Amiodarone Versus Digoxin for Acute Rate Control of Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department

RebelEM

Background Information: Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate (RVR) is one of the many tachydysrhythmias we encounter in the Emergency Department (ED). Amiodarone versus digoxin for acute rate control of atrial fibrillation in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Sep 7.

article thumbnail

Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

While PCT may be more specific for bacterial infections, it is flawed by still being rather non-specific and is not validated as a stand-alone diagnostic criteria for infection in the setting of the emergency department. Sepsis PCT may have some utility in guiding posttest probability for sepsis when the diagnosis is unclear.