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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 103: Thermal Burn Injury

EMDocs

Today on the emDOCs cast with Brit Long, MD ( @long_brit) , we cover the evaluation and management of the patient with a burn injury. Episode 103: Thermal Burn Injury Initial evaluation of thermal burns Range of burn severities and types: minor sunburns to full thickness burns and severe inhalation injury.

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For obese kids, the USPSTF recommends diet and exercise; the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends surgery and ozempic

Sensible Medicine

The American Academic of Pediatrics (AAP) proudly told parents to avoid peanuts in kids at high risk of allergy. Sensible Medicine The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) is broken, failed organization The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is a failed organization. JMM Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication.

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Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMA Syndrome) in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Ganss, 2018) There are additional associations with scoliosis, burn injuries, and spinal cord injuries. (Oka, Oka, 2023) A systematic review linked SMA syndrome to the immediate post-operative period after surgery for scoliosis in pediatric patients, and found the mean days to onset of symptoms was 9. Record, 2015). England, 2021).

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Major Burns in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Bedside Escharotomies for Burns Classic Paragraph Selected References Mahar PD et al. Clinical differences between major burns patients deemed survivable and non-survivable on admisssion. Pediatric Thermal Burns and Treatment: A Review of Progress and Future Prospects. Lethal triad in severe burns. 2017; 4:91.

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EM Quick Hits 9 Burn Blister Debridement, ECG Cases, Compartment Syndrome, Pediatric Asthma, Spinal Trauma, Motivational Interviewing P2

Emergency Medicine Cases

The post EM Quick Hits 9 Burn Blister Debridement, ECG Cases, Compartment Syndrome, Pediatric Asthma, Spinal Trauma, Motivational Interviewing P2 appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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But Can You Just PO?

Taming the SRU

Other conditions that lead to intravascular fluid depletion include but are not limited to starvation/dehydration, vomiting, diarrhea, burns/trauma, hyperglycemia, and hemorrhage. This has been particularly validated in pediatric literature; however, this can be applicable to the adult patient population within the right circumstances i.e

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A review of the utility of the ECG in Pediatric Syncope

PEMBlog

An estimated 80% of pediatric syncope is due to autonomic (vasovagal or neurocardiogenic) syncope. 6% of pediatric syncope. References Burns, Ed, et al. “QT Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. “What is the yield of screening echocardiography in pediatric syncope? ” Pediatrics 105.5