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Rethinking Fluid Resuscitation in Vaso-Occlusive Crisis: Is Lactated Ringer’s the Superior Choice?

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Within this population, over 90% of healthcare encounters are due to painful vaso-occlusive episodes (VOE) ( Kidwell 2021 ). VOE is often complicated by hypovolemia, making fluid administration a common intervention ( Lovett 2017 ). Lactated Ringer (LR) and 0.9% JAMA Intern Med. 2024;184(11):1365-1372.

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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

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CRYSTALLOIDS Too much crystalloid resuscitation in traumatic hemorrhagic shock can increase dilutional coagulopathy, as well as increase morbidity and mortality Bickell WH et al. Hypotensive resuscitation during active hemorrhage: impact on in-hospital mortality. Anesth Analg 2021. NEJM 1994. [2] NEJM 1994. [2]

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

Don't Forget the Bubbles

And lastly, it’s actually quite hard to see how well the cardiovascular system is working, and this is one of its measurable features. This works well for a while, but eventually, the heart beats too fast to fill adequately. So, fluid has been tried but has not got close to fixing the problem. Published 2021 Apr 16.

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Less is More. Again: Speed of IV Fluid Administration in Pancreatitis (WATERFALL Trial)

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There are also potential harms to large volume fluid resuscitation including progression of pancreatitis and fluid overload with or without respiratory failure. Though the initial recommendation for aggressive fluid resuscitation was not based on substantial evidence, clinicians have been slow to pivot away from this approach.

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EM@3AM: Stercoral Colitis

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Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. If sepsis or septic shock is present, aggressive fluid resuscitation and empiric antibiotics covering intra-abdominal flora should be administered. A 73-year-old female is brought in by EMS for abdominal pain, vomiting, and weakness for two days. Cureus 15(5): e39179.

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emDOCs Revamp – Acute Chest Syndrome

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His medical history is significant for three prior admissions for vaso-occlusive crises that have responded well to appropriate therapy, including pain control with NSAIDs and opioids, blood transfusions, antibiotics, and intravenous (IV) crystalloids. 2021 Sep;194(5):899-907. Epub 2021 Jul 15. C or 100.4 mg/kg, max 0.4

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The CLOVERS Trial

Taming the SRU

2021, Jarczak, Kluge et al. Despite the complexity and heterogeneity of patients with sepsis, there have been few interventions which have been demonstrated to decrease mortality: early antimicrobial and fluid administration (Levy, Evans et al. 2021, Im, Kang et al. N Engl J Med. 2023;388(6):499-510. 2019, Bauer, Gerlach et al.

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