Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 10, 2024

Transfusion Decisions in Severe Anaemia Reducing child mortality remains high on the global health agenda. Let’s take the humble blood transfusion – used in emergency departments across the globe and playing a key role in critical care. However, there is a huge variation in transfusion practice globally. N Engl J Med.

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RebelEM

JUNE 19, 2023

Our bodies have a finely tuned system that allows blood to flow freely and not clot too easily while also allowing the body to form clots when needed. This balance is upset in trauma by loss of blood and factors, acidosis, hypothermia and the inflammatory cascade. The PATCH-trauma researchers sought to address this critique.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Various studies, such as those pooling data from the National Neonatal Research Database, indicate that the incidence of hypotension varies based on neonatal age, with the highest rates observed immediately post-birth and within the first days of life. Effective management of MAS will often result in the stabilization of blood pressure.

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Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

Those at higher risk of hypocalcemia (vitamin D deficiency, ESRD, hyperparathyroidism, burns, multiple blood transfusions, etc.) Critical Care Research and Practice. Hypocalcemia can be hinted at through history or by hints such as a prolonged QTc on an ECG. may have greater severity of shock with increased mortality.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 28, 2024

These definitions include blood loss of 40 mL/kg over 24 hours, transfusion of ≥50% of total blood volume in 3 hours, transfusion of 100% of total blood volume in 24 hours, and bleeding with clinical signs of hypovolaemic shock that is unlikely to be controlled. How do we prevent hypothermia?

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