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emDOCs Revamp: Alcohol Withdrawal

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fold higher risk of NSTI than the control group 12 For those without comorbidities , AUD exhibited a 15.2-fold fold higher risk of NSTI than the control group 12 For those without comorbidities , AUD exhibited a 15.2-fold fold higher risk of NSTI than the control group 12 For those without comorbidities , AUD exhibited a 15.2-fold

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The NICO Trial: NIV in Comatose Patients with Acute Poisoning

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These patients can be at risk of vomiting and aspiration and often prompts clinicians to pursue definitive airway management to avoid pneumonia and other complications. There has been no high level evidence to help guide practice until now…the Non-Invasive Airway Management of Comatose Poisoned Emergency Patients (NICO) trial.

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Grand Rounds Recap 5.22.24

Taming the SRU

CESAR Trial Published in 2009 Found that even those who didn’t get ECMO, but were transported to a tertiary care center had better outcomes No matter where you go, critical care transport will be part of your life as a sending physician, receiving physician, or both. Use checklists for complex procedures, such as airway management.

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Beyond Ketamine: When to use Facilitated Intubation in the ED

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Still, there are those that believe that FPS is more of a physician-centered endpoint that does not fully reflect important patient-centric outcomes (16). Contraindicated seizures or porphyria. Incidence and factors associated with cardiac arrest complicating emergency airway management. Minimal histamine release.

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ToxCard: Acute Organophosphate Toxicity

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Airway management should not be delayed. 7 Airway management: consider early airway management. Used for treatment of acutely symptomatic anxiety, muscle fasciculations, and seizures. Millions are poisoned, and hundreds of thousands die each year worldwide. 7 May lead to respiratory failure.