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The Broselow-Luten System

Pediatric EM Morsels

Taking care of a critically ill child can be nerve-racking to say the least, and downright petrifying for those who don’t do it frequently, even if they are well-trained and brilliant clinicians. Sinha 2012] It is useful in the prehospital setting , correlating well with actual weight and ED Broselow weight. Broselow does not.

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Typhoid Fever in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Forster, 2021) Transmission is by Fecal-Oral route (Chiodini 2018) Incubation period 6-30 days after exposure (Chiodini 2018) Salmonella typhi produces an endotoxin although its clinical significance is not yet well understood (Gibani 2019) Two typhoid vaccines are available for those > 6 m/o and are 50-80% effective.

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The Pause- a recognition of a life

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Definitive emotional support is critical to our emotional and psychological well-being. 2016) “Implementation of a Post-Code Pause: Extending Post-Event Debriefing to Include Silence”. 2018) “Benefits of using the pause after death in emergency departments: a Delphi study”. Psychological harm occurs. & Liska, H. 23 (2), pp.

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Fluoroquinolone Use In Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

None of the patients were documented to have joint disease at follow up. Wirth 2018) One study including 4.4 Meesters 2018) Resistance is growing (likely from inappropriate / overuse)! There were 2523 children included. 451 pediatric patients were included. 451 pediatric patients were included. BMC Infectious Disease.

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Rethinking Fluid Resuscitation in Vaso-Occlusive Crisis: Is Lactated Ringer’s the Superior Choice?

RebelEM

There has been ongoing study about the clinical significance of these effects, as well as whether and for whom LR might provide meaningfully better clinical outcomes ( Myburgh 2013 , Self 2018 , Semler 2018 , Self 2020 ).

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52 in 52 – #38: Thrombolysis Guided by Perfusion Imaging up to 9 Hours after Onset of Stroke

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and 9 hours of symptom onset; stroke symptoms that started during sleep were assumed to have started halfway between the actual last known well and the time of wake-up. Subsequently reduced enrollment to 310 patients because no patients had been lost to follow-up or had insufficient data documented. Intervention: Alteplase 0.9

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Remote Consult Protocols for Retinal Artery Occlusion: A Visionary Approach in Emergency Care?

RebelEM

1,2 Intra-arterial (IA) tPA has also shown benefit but is less well studied. Patients whose last known well (LKW) time was within 24 hours of presentation. Documented at the following time points: Before treatment. 2020;51(7):2018-2025. Administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV tPA) within 4.5

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