Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 1, 2024

Data from the Nurse-Family Partnership program involving 60,171 families were analysed across four cohorts, including pre-pandemic and three pandemic cohorts (from July 2022 to October 2023). Reviews and opinion articles Use of POCUS for the assessment of dehydration in pediatric patients-a narrative review. 2023 Dec 22.

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EMDocs

JULY 29, 2023

Accessed March 27, 2023. Accessed on April 11, 2023. Other bacterial causes include anaerobic oral flora, Strep viridans, E. Other bacterial causes include anaerobic oral flora, Strep viridans, E. WikEM, The Global Emergency Medicine Wiki. September 9, 2020. Available at: [link]. EMRA Antibiotic Guide. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.

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Mind The Bleep

JULY 23, 2023

S, 2023) An image of bilious gastric aspirates. Parikh NS, 2023) Meconium ileus mostly occurs in cystic fibrosis because of the mutation that affects the CFTR. Medical Differentials for Bilious Vomiting: Sepsis Incidence : 22 per 1000 liver births Cause: Most commonly group B strep which has colonised the vaginal canal.

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EMDocs

JUNE 27, 2024

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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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Oftentimes, it can be an indication of pain, infection, distress, anxiety, dehydration, or the first sign of sepsis. Accessed October 10, 2023. The inverse is also true; what’s normal for most may be significantly abnormal for that patient and be the first red flag. One commonly used example is tachycardia. Am J Public Health.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Jasmine, a hypothetical case Jasmine is a 5-year-old girl weighing 18kg admitted to PICU with suspected sepsis. If the fractional excretion of sodium is <1%, you agree with your consultant that you will also ask the nurses to account for the replacement of 5% dehydration (900ml) over 48h (≈ 19ml/h). Crit Care Med. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000004376

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

Updated 2023 Jul 17]. GI symptoms are the second most common, and they include vomiting, food intolerance, food aversion, GERD, refractory to normal antireflux measures, diarrhea, and dehydration. Now the important thing for EM providers to know is that this can mimic the presentation of sepsis. Inborn Errors of Metabolism.

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