Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

While PCT may be more specific for bacterial infections, it is flawed by still being rather non-specific and is not validated as a stand-alone diagnostic criteria for infection in the setting of the emergency department. Sepsis PCT may have some utility in guiding posttest probability for sepsis when the diagnosis is unclear.

Infectious Diseases 89

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 89

ALiEM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A 61-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, and normal pressure hydrocephalus s/p VP shunt (last revision nine months ago) presented to the Emergency Department (ED) for evaluation after noticing a “string” coming out of her anus today. Surg Neurol Int.

Sepsis 60

Sepsis Academics Operations Emergency Department 60

EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

This month, we are sticking in the abdomen for another round of evidence-based medicine, focusing on Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery. Some may present with isolated tachycardia while others may present with profound sepsis – tachycardia, hypotension, and fever.

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Emergency Department Sepsis Operations Dehydration 40

Taming the SRU

JULY 24, 2023

THE CASE A male in his 60s presented to the emergency department for right upper quadrant abdominal pain. General surgery was consulted, and given the patient's significant comorbidities, he was transferred to a tertiary care academic center for further evaluation and management. coli and rare budding yeasts.

Ultrasounds 79

Ultrasounds Sepsis Radiology Radiology 79

ACEP Now

JANUARY 5, 2025

The PREOXI trial compared oxygen mask pre-oxygenation versus noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in patients requiring intubation in emergency departments (EDs) and intensive care units. Sepsis Robots or Sepsis Humans The proliferation of sepsis alerts in the ED has reached levels best described as obscene.

Sepsis 40

Sepsis Research Airway Management Stroke 40

EM Updates

JUNE 15, 2021

Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is Brooklyn’s largest hospital, an academic quaternary care center with, in normal times, 711 total beds, 66 intensive care beds, and an Emergency Department that treats approximately 120,000 patients per year. On March 9, the first patient with a novel coronavirus infection was admitted to MMC.

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Emergency Department Hospitals Outcomes Wellness 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This blog post aims to help familiarise you with some of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department. Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. This is true in life-threatening conditions such as sepsis. Hibberd, O.;

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Emergency Department Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Sepsis 143

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Ann Emerg Med 2024; Big Picture Current screening tools for pediatric septic shock and sepsis are highly specific but lack sensitivity. This study substituted age adjusted vital sign measures and a pediatric shock index into currently existing pediatric sepsis scoring systems to create the qPS4.When

Sepsis 72

Sepsis Shock Pediatrics Administration 72

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Academic Emergency Medicine. Dec 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Dennis Ren is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. Case: A 10-year-old boy presents to the community emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain. He’s also the host of SGEMPeds.

Pediatrics 79

Pediatrics Sepsis Academics Emergency Department 79

Emergency Medicine Journal

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

We characterised the clinical epidemiology and outcomes of cardiac arrest and ACLS in an ED in central Haiti, a lower middle-income country with a nascent emergency care system. Common presenting diagnoses were pneumonia (16.1%), sepsis (14.9%), congestive heart failure/cardiogenic shock (11.2%) and cerebrovascular accident (10.6%).

Outcomes 40

Outcomes Emergency Department Sepsis Academics 40

Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Work-up and Diagnosis in the Emergency Department Initial presentation of TLS typically includes generalized symptoms such as gastrointestinal distress, decreased appetite, muscle cramping, palpitations, hematuria / oliguria, and altered mental status. Academic Press; 2014:39-64. in females and 2.5-7.0 References 1.

Fluid Resuscitation 56

Fluid Resuscitation Seizures Dehydration Emergency Department 56

Taming the SRU

JUNE 6, 2023

million presentation to ED’s throughout the US Usually occur due to falls Also commonly occur due to sports, MVC’s, etc.

Documentation/Coding 64

Documentation/Coding Seizures Psychiatric Wellness 64

PulmCCM

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Over the years, dozens of copycat studies (which are relatively easy for academics to churn out) created a steady, low-quality drumbeat of negativity toward Zosyn. Zosyn seems to have been cleared of all renal wrongdoing and to have won this round against cefepime. Paxlovid also did not reduce symptoms of Covid-19 in that trial.

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Hospitals COPD Emergency Department CDC 98