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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

RebelEM

CRYSTALLOIDS Too much crystalloid resuscitation in traumatic hemorrhagic shock can increase dilutional coagulopathy, as well as increase morbidity and mortality Bickell WH et al. I recently gave a talk on the initial management of trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock. vs SBP target <90mmHg which resulted in a mortality of 33.4%

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ALiEM AIR Series | Trauma 2023 Module

ALiEM

2023.02.011 , PMID 36967275 Author information Chris Belcher, MD Editor, ALiEM AIR Series Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director Department of Emergency Medicine University of Kentucky College of Medicine | Twitter | The post ALiEM AIR Series | Trauma 2023 Module appeared first on ALiEM. Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(1):55-65.

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EM@3AM: Amniotic Fluid Embolism

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2023 Dec 13;52(2):126-135. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2023-0365. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2015 May;28(7):793-8. doi: 10.3109/14767058.2014.932766. Epub 2014 Jun 30. PMID: 24974876. Young BK, Florine Magdelijns P, Chervenak JL, Chan M. Amniotic fluid embolism: a reappraisal. J Perinat Med. PMID: 38082418. “Amniotic fluid embolism.”

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ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: The Right Atrial Pressure Does Not Determine Cardiac Output – Part 2

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In the second thought experiment, let us consider a patient with significant blood volume loss that is replenished with a series of blood transfusions. Operating point guided resuscitation How do we make sense of this? The trick, I believe, lies in ‘operating point guided resuscitation’ [OPGR].

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Best Of AAST #7: How Do You Like Your Platelets – Warm Or Cold?

The Trauma Pro

Until the last few years, massive transfusion in trauma consisted of component therapy, an admixture of packed red cells, plasma, and platelets. Whole blood transfusion is making inroads again, but it is used in a minority of centers. AAST 2023 Plenary paper #29.

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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. Obviously, one also needs to address the cause of the shock, or any efforts in resuscitation will only bring a temporary improvement. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; January 30, 2023. After 40ml/kg of IV 0.9%

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Rethinking the Role of TXA: Are We Asking Too Much?

RebelEM

We should expect TXA to help in immediate stabilization and allow trauma teams the time to intervene (whether that be continued resuscitation, interventional or operative procedures). This should continue to make TXA part of standard trauma resuscitation while additional studies are performed.