Northwestern EM Blog

MARCH 1, 2025

Prone positioning, or having the patient lay face-down on the bed, has been used in the management of ARDS for several decades. This maneuver improves oxygenation and gas exchange via three main mechanisms (Malhotra, 2022): 1. What are the physiologic effects of proning?

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 12, 2024

However, since studies have not shown any serious side effects from higher dexamethasone doses in children with severe croup who require nebulised adrenaline or airway management, it is reasonable to consider using higher doses in severe cases. 2022 [cited 2023 Dec 29]. References Hibberd O, Chylinska AA, Finn K , et al.

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 3, 2023

See the summary here ([link] In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, interviews Ara Festekjian, MD, one of the authors of the November 2022 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice article on Pediatric Septic Shock in the Emergency Department ([link] How common is sepsis in kids and what is the mortality rate in the US?

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Critical Care Now

AUGUST 31, 2024

Published 2022 Sep 10. PMID: 36088303 Background: Emergency intubations often involve managing contaminated airways, where the standard 14 Fr Yankauer catheter may be insufficient. The 28 Fr DuCanto catheter, developed by Dr. James DuCanto, is designed to handle thicker fluids, potentially improving airway management.

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Critical Care Now

AUGUST 31, 2024

Published 2022 Sep 10. PMID: 36088303 Background: Emergency intubations often involve managing contaminated airways, where the standard 14 Fr Yankauer catheter may be insufficient. The 28 Fr DuCanto catheter, developed by Dr. James DuCanto, is designed to handle thicker fluids, potentially improving airway management.

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Mind The Bleep

DECEMBER 19, 2023

patient is becoming drowsy), seek anaesthetic assistance straight away for airway management. The patient’s blood capillary glucose and ketones must be measured to confirm the diagnosis and DKA and guide management. Management of T1DM during illness in children and young people under 18 years (Sick Day Rules). Tasker, R.

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RebelEM

MARCH 27, 2023

2022 Feb 8; PMID: 35156050 Higgins TL et al. 2022 Feb 24;7(1):29603. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4; PMID: 10793162 Harvey CE, et al. Initiation of a lung protective strategy in the emergency department: Does an emergency department-based ICU make a difference? Crit Care Explor. Crit Care Med. PMID: 19325480 Gajic O, et al.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

Jain 2022] Now used for critically ill trauma and medical patients in >75 countries. Jain 2022] Now used for critically ill trauma and medical patients in >75 countries. Jain 2022] Glasgow Coma Scale in Children – How do you perform it correctly?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 10, 2024

Background: In hemorrhagic stroke, the ABCs for resuscitation remain the same, but can also be categorized as: Airway Management: This is an important aspect for patients with a poor neurologic exam or those who are not protecting their airways. Blood Pressure Lowering:

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PulmCCM

APRIL 18, 2024

Anesthesiology residents literally stop counting, generally performing well over a thousand intubations in a four-year residency (compared to pulmonary-critical care fellows’ mere nine months total in the ICU on a traditional research/clinical split), including extensive experience on difficult airways and advanced airway management.

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PulmCCM

JULY 3, 2023

Every airway manager should ideally be an expert with both DL and VL, but mathematics and muscle memory suggest that if your training included video, and you keep doing some intubations with video, it will be more difficult to achieve or maintain the same expertise at DL as airway experts who trained exclusively on DL.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

Initial stabilization includes airway management and circulatory support. Currently, there is no FDA-approved pharmacotherapy for either the reversal of xylazine in humans or the management of withdrawal. Published online October, 2022. Typically, xylazine is mixed with fentanyl. DEA Product Number DCI-DIR-001-23.

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RebelEM

JULY 31, 2023

In this blog post, we explore the study’s key findings, strengths, and limitations, providing valuable insights while navigating the complexities of airway management in critically ill adults. worsening hypoxemia, hypotension, bradycardia, vomiting, bleeding) Technical failure of the laryngoscope (e.g., 1420 patients were enrolled.

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Thinking Critical Care

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

So after much deliberation, we have decided and are excited to bring the fourth edition of H&R back for 2022 – we had skipped 2021 to focus on some research papers and developing some courses (Flipping the Vent and The VExUS Course), but mostly because the virtual conferencing experience simply did not measure up to the live event.

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Taming the SRU

MARCH 3, 2025

Upper Airway Injury to the upper airway, defined as airway structures proximal to the glottis (i.e. Because inhalational injuries often co-occur with large cutaneous burns, aggressive fluid resuscitation can rapidly worsen upper airway edema making airway management especially challenging. Published 2022.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 21, 2025

set out to explore in the Kids THRIVE study investigating whether NHF apnoeic oxygenation could improve intubation outcomes in critically unwell children needing emergency airway management. Thats exactly what Shane George et al. George S, Williams T, Humphreys S, et al. Who were the patients?

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

StatPearls Publishing; 2022. Accessed April 27, 2022. 2022 Annual Report of the National Poison Data System ® (NPDS) from America’s Poison Centers ® : 40th Annual Report. Accessed April 27, 2022. Accessed April 27, 2022. Neurotransmitter. 2015;2:10-14800/nt. doi:10.14800/nt.491 In: StatPearls. J Neurol Sci.

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