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EM@3AM: Stercoral Colitis

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If sepsis or septic shock is present, aggressive fluid resuscitation and empiric antibiotics covering intra-abdominal flora should be administered. Stercoral Colitis in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Review of Presentation, Management, and Outcomes. Pediatric Emergency Care 34(9):p e159-e160, September 2018. |

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Major Trauma – Injuries by Assault

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This should include early identification of life-threatening injuries, targeted fluid resuscitation using blood products, pain management, then eventual safeguarding and psychological support. Establish IV access for potential fluid resuscitation. You feel the patient needs fluid resuscitation.

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Electrical injuries

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Prolonged CPR should be considered as outcomes are generally good, even if asystole is the presenting rhythm. 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. Jimenez, C.

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

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

[display_podcast] Date: February 14th, 2018 Reference: Alam N et al. display_podcast] Date: February 14th, 2018 Reference: Alam N et al. Intervention: Ceftriaxone 2g IV * Control: Usual care (fluid resuscitation and supplementary oxygen) * Outcome: * Primary: All-cause mortality at 28 days The Lancet Nov 2017.

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Best Practices for Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

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Fluid resuscitation should be initiated. There are few data on the outcomes of UGIB when balloon tamponade is used as a temporizing measure. 13 A 2018 meta-analysis found that terlipressin is comparable with somatostatin, octreotide, and vasopressin in the control of bleeding. 2018:36(4):689-698. Am J Emerg Med.

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The CLOVERS Trial

Taming the SRU

Despite the complexity and heterogeneity of patients with sepsis, there have been few interventions which have been demonstrated to decrease mortality: early antimicrobial and fluid administration (Levy, Evans et al. 2018, Kuttab, Lykins et al. Sixty centers participated during the years 2018-2022. 2019, Evans, Rhodes et al.

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Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome

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She receives fluid resuscitation, and you organise some tests to find out why she is so tired. Early Volume Expansion and Outcomes of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. 2018 [cited 2023 Dec 3]. Treatment and outcome of Shiga-toxin-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). She is apyrexial, tachycardic and normotensive.