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ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: The Right Atrial Pressure Does Not Determine Cardiac Output – Part 2

PulmCCM

Kenny MD [ @heart_lung ] In part 1 , right atrial pressure [P ra ] and cardiac output/venous return [CO/VR] were considered as two hemodynamic measures bound at the operating point [OP] of the circulatory system. OP is operating point. Shows what happens when Ppc, Pmsf, Rcardiac and Rvr all vary [grey operating points].

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Sickle Cell Disease Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Be careful if the patient has received a recent blood transfusion since it may be misinterpreted as sickle cell trait instead of sickle cell disease. In these cases, repeat the Hb electrophoresis three months after the last blood transfusion. Would you consider this patient for blood transfusion?

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Bubble Wrap PLUS – January 2024

Don't Forget the Bubbles

However, children who had an operation experienced improvements in behaviour, symptoms, and quality of life and had lower blood pressure. Lung ultrasound for the sick child: less harm and more information than a radiograph. Hemoglobin Threshold for Blood Transfusion in Young Children Hospitalized with Iron Deficiency Anemia.

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Rethinking the Role of TXA: Are We Asking Too Much?

RebelEM

Patients were actively screened for DVT (all received lower extremity ultrasound on or around day 7). We should expect TXA to help in immediate stabilization and allow trauma teams the time to intervene (whether that be continued resuscitation, interventional or operative procedures). Demographics were well balanced in the two groups.

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Grand Rounds Recap 7.31.24

Taming the SRU

The largest retrospective cohort study to date (Beyde et al.) shows that most will improve with empiric antibiotics.

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Grand Rounds Recap 4.26.23

Taming the SRU

hours earlier and went to OR 3.5 hours earlier and went to OR 3.5 hours earlier and went to OR 3.5

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Episode 26 – Blunt Cardiac Injury: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management (Trauma CME)

EB Medicine

Nachi: And if the prehospital team is lucky enough, or maybe unlucky enough, i don’t know, to have a credentialed provider who can perform ultrasound for those suspected of having a blunt cardiac injury, the general prehospital data on ultrasound is sparse. Jeff: Great, let’s move onto ED care, beginning with the H&P.