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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. 2018; 44(5): 652-655. 2018; 22(1):215. Intensive Care Medicine. 2) Boyd J, Walley K.

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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% 2, July 2022, pp. 169–173, [link] Aubron, C., How clinicians can minimize transfusion-related adverse events?” Transfusion Clinique et Biologique , vol. 257–261, [link] “Blood Product Transfusions.”

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Episode 20 - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake Envenomations

EB Medicine

I’m Jeff Nusbaum, and I’m back with my co-host, Nachi Gupta and we’ll be taking you through the September 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake envenomations. Note that antivenom will NOT reverse anaphylaxis on its own. Regardless, the treatment is the same – epinephrine.

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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. 2018 May;26(5):1465-1470. Improving the immediate management of neutropenic sepsis in the UK: Lessons from a national audit. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Support Care Cancer. doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-3985-0.