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The Latest in Critical Care, 2/5/24 (Issue #28)

PulmCCM

You can read the document here. Read the original document here. In 18 severe sepsis patients in 3 years at one center who underwent PET scanning (apparently done ad hoc), 14 of the 18 had positive tests, and 11 were true positives, leading to surgery in 2 and pacemaker removal in 2 (and longer / new antibiotics in 2).

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Agitation Treatment in the Emergency Department

ACEP Now

Patients with sepsis get antibiotics. Mental health evaluation teams can rely on documentation and interviews to understand a patient’s initial agitation level. This month, we are discussing the medical management of patients with mild to moderate agitation. Emergency departments (EDs) focus on rapid initiation of medical treatment.

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Episode 30 - Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

EB Medicine

Leakage from the staple line typically presents within the first week, but can present up to 35 days, usually with fevers, tachycardia, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting sepsis, or peritonitis. Some may present with isolated tachycardia while others may present with profound sepsis – tachycardia, hypotension, and fever. At 6 to 8 mL/kg.

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

PulmCCM

About 544,000 99292 codes were billed to CMS in 2021, according to ACCP , reportedly stable at about 10% of the total bills. I had never heard of this practice before. (To To be extra clear, these are not “best practice” alerts or prompts to suggest using an order set.

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