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Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Paediatrics

Mind The Bleep

Common stressors in children and adolescents include: Infections: urinary tract infections, gastroenteritis, pneumonias, Poor compliance to insulin therapy, Dehydration, Fasting state, Heatstroke Trauma. or HCO3 10-15 mmol/L: mild DKA (5% dehydration) pH < 7.2 or HCO3 5-10 mmol/L: moderate DKA (5% dehydration) pH < 7.1

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What Are the Complications of Sickle Cell Trait?

Pediatric Education

With your sickle cell trait you usually shouldn’t have any problems, but dehydration could cause problems for you. Actually dehydration can cause problems for everyone, so just take an extra ounce or two than everyone else to really stay hydrated,” he counseled. Pediatr Emerg Med Pract. 2016;13(11):1-28. Pecker LH, Naik RP.

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emDOCs Revamp – Acute Chest Syndrome

EMDocs

2018 Aug;46(3):144-151. Epub 2018 Oct 17. smoke, high ozone levels, smog) Asthma/reactive airway disease (RAD) Diagnostic criteria 7,8 Respiratory symptoms +/- fever (at least 38.0 C or 100.4 2 mcg/kg, max 100 mcg) while obtaining IV access 20 IV/IM ketorolac (1 mg/kg, max 15 mg) Morphine (05-0.1 mg/kg, max 0.4 C or 100.4

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Episode 19 - Cannabinoids: Emerging Evidence in Use and Abuse

EB Medicine

I’m Jeff Nusbaum, and I’m back with my co-host, Nachi Gupta and we’ll be taking you through the August 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice. Nachi: To attain the most up to date information for this article, Dr. Williams searched the PubMed and Cochrane Databases from 1950 to 2018. Jeff: Let’s get started with the pathophysiology.