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Sickle Cell Disease and Stroke

Pediatric EM Morsels

Unfortunately, it can cause so many other complications – Sepsis , acute chest syndrome , and hepatopathy. If Sickle Cell Disease only ever caused Vaso-Occlusive crises, it would be considered one of the most challenging conditions for patients and families to deal with.

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EM@3AM: Brainstem Strokes

EMDocs

Answer : Brainstem stroke specifically in the pons resulting in locked in syndrome. CT head without contrast 1 is performed and reveals the following: Question: What is the diagnosis?

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Peds Surviving Sepsis | Mortality After Naloxone | Spontaneous PTX - Tube or Not | Opioids and Peds Sedation Risk | Missing Stroke with HINTS

JournalFeed

Here is the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of March 30- April 3, 2020. We cover Pediatric Surviving Sepsis; mortality risk after out-of-hospital naloxone; spontaneous pneumothorax - tube or no tube; opioids prior to pediatric sedation; and HINTS by emergency physicians and stroke risk.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Vasoactive Drug use in Children with Septic Shock

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Four-year-old Ed is being resuscitated for presumed Invasive Group A Streptococcal Sepsis from tonsilitis. The amount of blood that comes from the heart with each contraction is the stroke volume (SV). The stroke volume is the difference between how full it is at the start and how full it is after a contraction.

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The Latest in Critical Care, 7/10/23 (Issue #8)

PulmCCM

Continuous meropenem infusion for critically ill patients with sepsis Antibiotics have a time-dependent effect on bacteria; maintaining bacteriocidal concentrations of antibiotics should help subdue infections better than intermittent dosing. Mortality was about 30% in each group, and most patients had hospital-acquired sepsis.

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Symptomatic Bradycardia: Considering the Differential Diagnosis

Northwestern EM Blog

The most common symptoms include: Lightheadedness Syncope Chest pain Exercise intolerance Fatigue **Important note: The heart rate at which patients experience symptoms may vary based on their ability to increase stroke volume. Bradyarrhythmias in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation , 45 (3), 703–722. link] Tisdale, J. Campbell, K.

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Brazilian Butt Lift Procedure Can Result in Emergency Department Visits

ACEP Now

JHS’ chart review project, which identified 163 patients presenting to the ED with gluteal AFT complications in a 30-month period between 2020 and 2023, provides one of the most comprehensive and informative datasets on the breadth of AFT complications as they are currently being performed. Accessed March 6, 2024. Aesthet Surg J.