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SGEM#346: Sepsis – You Were Always on My Mind

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Most emergency department patients meeting sepsis criteria are not diagnosed with sepsis at discharge. She is also an Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine Mayo […] The post SGEM#346: Sepsis – You Were Always on My Mind first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. He’s afebrile.

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Episode 21- Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock

EB Medicine

This month, we’ll be talking Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock. We have a special episode for you this month… We’ve brought Dr. Jeremy Rose, one of the peer reviewers, and a sepsis expert, on with us to talk through the content this month. Jeff : Sepsis chair. Sepsis-3!!

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REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

RebelEM

Early administration of antibiotics is the only factor known to reduce this mortality. Antibiotics are effectively the only thing standing between these patients and overwhelming sepsis. Early administration of antibiotics is the only factor known to reduce this mortality. Isolate, but do not wait to initiate treatment.

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The Latest in Critical Care, 3/11/24 (Issue #33)

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Ascension and UPenn test automatic palliative care consults Palliative care programs are sometimes pitched to administrators on the basis of their potential to reduce costs, by shortening length-of-stay or intensity of expensive and unhelpful therapies at the end of life.

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EM@3AM: High Priority Fungal Pathogens and Empiric Treatment in the ED

EMDocs

Four days ago, he presented to the ED for a COPD exacerbation. COPD, cystic fibrosis), HIV/AIDS, cancer, immunosuppressed (i.e. Routine versus selective antifungal administration for control of fungal infections in patients with cancer. He reported having a COVID-19 infection 3 weeks ago but felt better 1-2 weeks ago.

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The Latest in Critical Care, 10/23/23 (Issue #17)

PulmCCM

Answering this research question has been made more difficult by pip-tazo’s possible status as a pseudo-nephrotoxin (elevating creatinine levels in the blood without harming the kidneys) and frequent co-administration with vancomycin, a known nephrotoxin.