EMDocs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

ESR & CRP – nonspecific and typically elevated Blood culture – if presenting with sepsis Imaging: Consider a chest radiograph in patients with pulmonary symptoms to evaluate for associated pneumonitis, pleural effusions, cardiomegaly. DRESS Syndrome has a 10% mortality rate with the primary cause of mortality being hepatic necrosis.

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Sepsis Burns EKG/ECG EMS 73

EB Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Jeff: And unlike past issues covering more common pathologies, like, say, sepsis, this month’s team reviewed much more literature than just the past 10 years. Nachi: Each year, in the US, approximately 10,000 patients present with electrical burns or shocks. Most electrical injuries present with burns to the skin.

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Emergency Department Burns EKG/ECG Shock 40

Taming the SRU

JULY 21, 2023

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Emergency Department EMS Burns Wellness 86

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Case 1: Sepsis Laura is a 2-month-old baby girl born at 32 weeks gestational age who today has been “breathing fast” per mother. She is in respiratory failure from bronchiolitis and likely viral sepsis. Induction Agent in Sepsis The consensus recommendation for the induction agent of choice for sepsis in children is ketamine.

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Shock Sepsis Airway Management Pediatrics 40

PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Well … no. More health care professionals are burned out or disengaged. In my anecdotal experience, these phrases have an impressively high positive predictive value for badness (early sepsis, often). Nursing shortages mean fewer staffed beds and more patients per nurse. Societal trust has declined.

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Hospitals Resuscitation Burns Documentation/Coding 52

EMDocs

JULY 15, 2023

She has had pruritus and swelling to the site accompanied by a painful burning sensation and a couple “painful knots” on her right inguinal region. The patient reported feeling better, pain and other symptoms were well controlled 24 hours after starting antibiotics and pain medication. pneumoniae , S.

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EMS Infectious Diseases Ultrasounds Shock 66

Taming the SRU

JUNE 6, 2023

then need further evaluation Usually with CTA imaging If normal physical exam & ABI>0.9, then need further evaluation Usually with CTA imaging If normal physical exam & ABI>0.9, then need further evaluation Usually with CTA imaging If normal physical exam & ABI>0.9,

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 31, 2024

He developed sepsis very similar to puerperal fever and died. Given the similarities between the way his friend died and death from puerperal fever, Semmelweis thought that there must be some pathogen transmitted by dead tissue causing sepsis. This time, it was the GBD authors who were the witches burned at the stake.

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Sepsis CDC Burns Academics 134