EB Medicine

JANUARY 3, 2023

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 Introduction: How common is sepsis in kids and what is the mortality rate in the US?

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Shock Pediatrics Airway Management Sepsis 52

Northwestern EM Blog

MARCH 1, 2025

There are several etiologies including viral pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia, sepsis, trauma, and pancreatitis. 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.

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Emergency Department Fractures EKG/ECG Wellness 52

RebelEM

MARCH 27, 2023

4 Using factors such as shock, pneumonia, and sepsis this score allows an accurate prediction of developing ARDS. 2022 Feb 8; PMID: 35156050 Higgins TL et al. 2022 Feb 24;7(1):29603. Reason for intubation, severity of illness, ARDS risk score, and ventilator settings were extracted from the electronic medical record (EMR).

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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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Sepsis Airway Management Wellness Resuscitation 52