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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

RebelEM

CRYSTALLOIDS Too much crystalloid resuscitation in traumatic hemorrhagic shock can increase dilutional coagulopathy, as well as increase morbidity and mortality Bickell WH et al. I recently gave a talk on the initial management of trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock. vs SBP target <90mmHg which resulted in a mortality of 33.4%

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ToxCard: Iron

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Aggressive fluid resuscitation as patients may be severely hypovolemic from GI symptoms. Blood transfusion for clinically significant blood loss. Case Follow-up: The patient received a fluid resuscitation with 20 mL/kg bolus of normal saline. McGraw Hill; 2019. Antiemetics as needed. 2 L/hr in adults.

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MTP Activation Criteria For Pediatric Patients

The Trauma Pro

Early resuscitation, particularly with blood products in patients with hemorrhage, is literally a lifesaver. To facilitate this, massive transfusion protocols (MTP) have been designed to rapidly deliver sizable quantities of blood products to the trauma resuscitation bay. Epub 2019 Nov 1. Bottom line: Hmm.

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EM@3AM: Amniotic Fluid Embolism

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Electronic address, p. “Amniotic fluid embolism: diagnosis and management.” ” Am J Obstet Gynecol 215(2): B16-24. link] j.ajog.2016.03.012 2016.03.012 Patel, P., “Markers of Inflammation and Infection in Sepsis and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation.” ” Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 25: 1076029619843338.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 84: Capnography

EMDocs

2019 American Heart Association Focused Update on Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: Use of Advanced Airways, Vasopressors, and Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation During Cardiac Arrest: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

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TEG-Guided Resuscitation of Patients with Cirrhosis and Non-Variceal Bleeding

RebelEM

Hayes-Larson 2019). Thromboelastography-guided transfusion decreases intraoperative blood transfusion during orthotopic liver transplantation: a randomized clinical trial. Significant coagulopathy: INR > 1.8 Table 1 Analysis: Simply put, Table 1 defines “Who is in this study?” Ann Intern Med. 2010;152(11):726-732.

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Vasopressor Nonresponse

Northwestern EM Blog

Due to its extremely high morbidity and mortality as well as high healthcare costs, the prompt recognition, diagnosis and resuscitation of shock is key. There is a subset of patients who, despite aggressive conventional resuscitation, have an inadequate hemodynamic response and develop refractory shock. 2010; 36: 2019-2029.