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Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: ReBaked Morsel

Pediatric EM Morsels

With that in mind, let’s review how to manage the post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage in children : Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage : Management General Preparation Call for help… no time for your pride to get in the way! Get a hold of ENT early as OR management and/or admission are common. 2020 Sep;38(9):1943.

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Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Luoto, 2020 ] Increase resistance can be related to pre-hepatic , intra-hepatic , or post-hepatic etiologies. Luoto, 2020 ] Increase resistance can be related to pre-hepatic , intra-hepatic , or post-hepatic etiologies. Multimodal management can help avoid variceal bleeding. 2020 May;70(5):628-634. PMID: 36572031.

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EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

EMDocs

typhi infection if treatment is refractory to supportive measures or conventional community-acquired pneumonia antibiotics Treat with atypical bacterial coverage (doxycycline, azithromycin, chloramphenicol, or fluoroquinolones) A 32-year-old woman presents to the ED with a fever and rash after returning from a trip to Southeast Asia.

EMS 101
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Proning for ARDS

Northwestern EM Blog

This leads to hyperinflation of anterior alveoli and increased atelectasis in the posterior alveoli (Maley, 2020; Malhotra, 2022). The overall result is that prone ventilation recruits functional alveoli throughout the lung and thus improves both oxygenation and ventilation (Maley, 2020; Malhotra, 2022).

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Orso 2020] One pediatric study in this systematic review, and the intubated patients had worse outcome than non-intubated Early airway protection = lower rates of complications (in TRAUMA), but this is not always true with medical patients. Consider other indicators of need for airway management, such as gag reflex.

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Episode 55 -Management of Acute Urinary Retention in the Emergency Department

EB Medicine

8-9pm, EST Look for the "Key Points And Pearls From 2020" coming to your inbox or mailbox next month ! 8-9pm, EST* Look for the "Key Points And Pearls From 2020" coming to your inbox or mailbox next month !

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Seat Belt Sign and CT | PT Sciatica | 3% vs Mannitol | Ped CC Transport | POCUS Emergent Airway

JournalFeed

It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of Nov 23-37, 2020. We cover seat belt sign and CT sensitivity, PT for sciatica, 3% saline or mannitol for pediatric CNS infection with increased ICP, reducing pediatric critical care transport risk, and POCUS for emergency airway management.