2018 Point-of-Care Testing Shock 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 15, 2024
The patient was tremulous and severely hypoglycemic by point-of-care testing. Tachycardia is unusual for OMI, unless the patient is in cardiogenic shock (or getting close). Jenkins and Frick — or additional procedures may be ordered and/or patients shocked for artifact simulating VT/VFib ).
Taming the SRU
AUGUST 30, 2023
A 2018 USA multi-center prospective RCT involving 1,656 adult patients published in NEJM used varying PCT cut-offs to guide antibiotic initiation in the emergency department. It found no significant difference in antibiotic usage in the group using PCT compared to the usual care group [49]. 2018 Aug 1;10(8):a028456. ng/mL, 0.25-0.5
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