Remove 2023 Remove Fluid Resuscitation Remove Hyperthermia / Hypothermia
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Chemical Burns

Mind The Bleep

Establish IV access and begin fluid resuscitation with 250ml boluses of 0.9% Exposure Expose the patient in a systematic manner while keeping remaining body areas covered e.g. 1 limb at a time, to reduce the risk of hypothermia. Updated 2023 Jul 17]. Updated 2023 Jul 17]. Assess pupillary reaction to light.

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Pediatric Submersion Injury Tips

ACEP Now

Fluid resuscitation will likely be warranted, and with crystalloid solution is most appropriate. 6,7 Hypothermia is classified as: Mild: Core body temperature less than 35 degrees Celsius (less than 95 degrees Fahrenheit) Moderate: Core body temperature 30 degrees Celsius–32 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit–89.6

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Neonatal Hypotension

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Hypothermia: Newborns, particularly preterm infants, are prone to hypothermia. Before considering fluid resuscitation or inotropes, it is essential to correct the infant’s body temperature. “Epidemiology of Hypotension in Neonates,” Journal of Perinatology , 2023. and Roberts, N. Batton, B.,

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Brain Trauma Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

ACEP Now

In April 2023, the third edition of the Brain Trauma Foundation’s evidence-based guidelines for the prehospital management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) was published in Prehospital Emergency Care. Hypotensive patients should be treated with blood products and/or isotonic fluids in the prehospital setting. References Lulla A, et al.

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EM@3AM: Hyperthermia

EMDocs

Broad-spectrum antibiotics (A) for septic shock are not inappropriate given the hyperthermia, tachycardia, and hypotension. 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

EMDocs

Intravenous fluid therapy and hospital outcomes for vaso-occlusive episodes in children, adolescents, and young adults with sickle cell disease. Epub 2023 Nov 27. Fluid overload due to intravenous fluid therapy for vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease: incidence and risk factors. 2023 Apr;98(4):620-627.

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Something she ate?

Intensive Blog

It refers to hypernatraemia, hyperventilation, haemodialysis, and induced hypothermia. It clears ammonia, allows fluid removal, and facilitates management of electrolyte. Hypothermia Aiming for a lower core temp (35 o C) reduces cerebral metabolic rate and cerebral blood flow. link] [Accessed 10 February 2023] Yartsev, A.