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EM@3AM: Hyperthermia

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Broad-spectrum antibiotics (A) for septic shock are not inappropriate given the hyperthermia, tachycardia, and hypotension. Hyperthermia. As you attempt to examine the patient, he has a generalized, tonic-clonic seizure. What is your diagnosis, and what are your next steps in evaluation and management? 1 Fever is usually < 40C.

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emDOCs Revamp – Acute Chest Syndrome

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Epub 2023 Nov 27. 2023 Apr;98(4):620-627. Epub 2023 Feb 6. smoke, high ozone levels, smog) Asthma/reactive airway disease (RAD) Diagnostic criteria 7,8 Respiratory symptoms +/- fever (at least 38.0 C or 100.4 2 mcg/kg, max 100 mcg) while obtaining IV access 20 IV/IM ketorolac (1 mg/kg, max 15 mg) Morphine (05-0.1 mg/kg, max 0.4

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Serotonin Syndrome & NMS

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Specificity: 90.7%) Exposure to a dopamine antagonist or withdrawal of a dopamine agonist in the prior 72 hours: 20 points Hyperthermia (>100.4 Updated 2023 Apr 24]. mg/kg initially followed by 1mg/kg q6hrs Disposition NMS can be very severe and usually requires ICU level care. In: StatPearls [Internet]. In: StatPearls [Internet].

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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1 By the end of 2023, 117.3 4,5 Of particular concern is the Sudanese conflict, which began in April 2023, and which has caused the largest internal displacement of a population in documented history. 43% of refugees admitted into the US in the first 8 months of the 2023 fiscal year were from Africa. Accessed June 11, 2023.