PulmCCM

JANUARY 8, 2024

million gallons) of blood are wasted in this fashion, every year—enough to fill about 700 railroad tanker cars with blood, or about four times the total amount of blood transfused annually. Smaller-volume blood collection tubes are widely available at equivalent cost and are compatible with standard blood analyzers.

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Intensive Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Major bleeding (Arachchilage et al, 2021) 1. What is an appropriate “trigger threshold” for blood transfusion in ECMO patients? Blood Transfusion Threshold in Patients Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Cardiac and Respiratory Failure-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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PulmCCM

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

patients infected with the Wuhan/Delta variants in 2020-2021). I recall very well my (unjustified) negative view on convalescent plasma in 2020 and 2021 — it was probably minimally effective, and I would never spontaneously offer it. The trial is impressive for having been conducted at all.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 1, 2024

However, children who had an operation experienced improvements in behaviour, symptoms, and quality of life and had lower blood pressure. Data collected from 2002 to 2021 revealed a 72% decline in IPD incidence among children (<18 years), with continued reductions after the transition from PCV7 to PCV13. Lo Vecchio A, et al.J

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Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Both have a range of detection limits, which can be greatly dependent on operator. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. 3 thick and thin smears should be obtained at 12-24 hour intervals to fully rule out the possibility of malaria PCR is the most sensitive and specific test for malaria.

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EMDocs

JUNE 3, 2023

4 Patients with pelvic fractures are considered unstable when systolic blood pressure < 90mmHg and heart rate >120bpm, or in those with dyspnea, altered mental status, or skin findings of shock. 13 Massive transfusion protocols (MTP) are hallmarks of trauma resuscitation, and they are critical to the unstable pelvic fracture patient.

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