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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

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Ann Emerg Med 2017 [6] This was a retrospective database review of 7521 traumatic brain injury patients SBP target ≥90mmHg resulted in a mortality of 7.8% Ann Emerg Med 2017 [6] This was a retrospective database review of 7521 traumatic brain injury patients SBP target ≥90mmHg resulted in a mortality of 7.8% NEJM 1994. [2] NEJM 1994.

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Balanced Fluid Resuscitation for the Critically-Ill: the PLUS study mirrors the BaSICS

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What they did Adult patients admitted to one of 53 intensive care units in New Zealand or Australia between September 2017 and December 2020 were eligible. Patients were thus excluded if they had indications for a specific type of IV fluid resuscitation or if they had received more than 500 mL of IV fluid in the ICU.

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Adjunctive Methylene Blue in Septic Shock?

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Judicious fluid resuscitation is indicated in patients with signs of hypo perfusion but is often inadequate necessitating the administration of vasoactive medications. At the most severe end, this includes endothelial dysfunction leading to increased vascular permeability, abnormal nitric oxide metabolism, and vasodilation (i.e.

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Less is More. Again: Speed of IV Fluid Administration in Pancreatitis (WATERFALL Trial)

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There are also potential harms to large volume fluid resuscitation including progression of pancreatitis and fluid overload with or without respiratory failure. Though the initial recommendation for aggressive fluid resuscitation was not based on substantial evidence, clinicians have been slow to pivot away from this approach.

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Electrical injuries

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Judicious fluid resuscitation is critical; patients may become volume-deplete due to fluid loss/oedema secondary to burns. Volume resuscitation in patients with high-voltage electrical injuries. Available from: [link] Part 8: Advanced Challenges in Resuscitation Section 3: Special Challenges in ECC. Resuscitation.

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52 in 52 – #41: The CENSER Trial

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Additionally, 80% of patients in the control group required open label NE use indicating that NE was going to be needed in most of these patients regardless of initial resuscitation method. The median amount of fluids administered between the groups before initiation of NE was not statistically significant (2080 mL vs. 1900 mL).

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A Beginner’s Guide to Vasoactive Drug use in Children with Septic Shock

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Four-year-old Ed is being resuscitated for presumed Invasive Group A Streptococcal Sepsis from tonsilitis. Obviously, one also needs to address the cause of the shock, or any efforts in resuscitation will only bring a temporary improvement. So, fluid has been tried but has not got close to fixing the problem. link] Roland D.

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