Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. falciparum parasitemia , and no other defined cause of AMS (WHO 2023). PMID: 36209409 Comelli A, Guarner ME, Tomasoni LR, Zamboni AF, Pavo BM, Zanotti P, Caligaris S, Matteeli A, Soriano-Arandes A, Castelli F.

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Seizures Pediatrics CDC Infectious Diseases 281

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.

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Blood Transfusions Research Outcomes Hospitals 78

Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The condition increases blood viscosity and pulmonary vascular resistance, leading to pulmonary hypertension, haemodynamic collapse, and, ultimately, death due to hypoxaemia and refractory shock. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 37(3):p 202-205, March 2018. Pediatrics. 2010;126:e81627 Cherry et al. Nieves et al.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

Based on available hospital resources, the patient is treated for septic shock secondary to pneumonia and an infected wound using broad-spectrum antibiotics and IV crystalloid fluids. A whole blood transfusion is initiated for the management of her anemia. Power and sensation are grossly intact and tendon reflexes are normal.

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