Canadian EM

MAY 18, 2023

In this issue, we collaborated with CJEM team to present “Emergency department crowding negatively influences outcomes for adults presenting with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”​1​ in a visual abstract format. A majority of these patients are affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

COPD 75

COPD Emergency Department Outcomes Resuscitation 75

RebelEM

AUGUST 21, 2023

In response to this critical issue, the TAME Cardiac Arrest Trial has been launched as a definitive phase III multi-center randomized controlled trial for resuscitated cardiac arrest patients. Figure 2 : Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS-E) (credit: Doc_HG ) Secondary Modified Rankin Score Secondary outcomes included death within 6 months.

Hospitals 98

Hospitals Resuscitation Outcomes CPR 98

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It can be further divided into two types: primary--those that occur in generally healthy individuals without underlying lung disease, and secondary--those that occur in individuals with underlying lung disease such as COPD [1]. Unsuspected tension pneumothorax as a hidden cause of unsuccessful resuscitation. Resuscitation.

Fractures 95

Fractures COPD Hospitals Emergency Department 95

Sensible Medicine

JUNE 30, 2023

1] Would the outcomes be different? He had COPD and depended on home oxygen. KS died during the final one when his inpatient team failed to resuscitate him after a cardiac arrest. He had declined hospice care until the end and would not even accept “do not resuscitate” status. I should not have admitted him.

Hospitals 82

Hospitals Hospice Resuscitation COPD 82

EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Louis); Marina Boushra, MD (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case Emergency Medical Services brings in a 62-year-old male with COPD in acute on chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure (usually on 3 L nasal cannula, now on non-rebreather at 15 L/min). Notably, in the initial analysis of blunt chest trauma (i.e.

Emergency Department 94

Emergency Department Resuscitation COPD Shock 94

EB Medicine

OCTOBER 1, 2018

And sepsis-3 redefined septic shock as “hypotension not responsive to fluid resuscitation” with the added requirement of vasopressors to maintain a MAP greater than or equal to 65 and with a lactate > 2. Sepsis is coming in at a higher readmission rate and cost per admission than acute MI, CHF, COPD, and PNA.

Sepsis 40

Sepsis Shock Fluid Resuscitation Hospitals 40

RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Changing aetiology, clinical features, antimicrobial resistance, and outcomes of bloodstream infection in neutropenic cancer patients. Time to antibiotics and outcomes in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia. Give appropriate fluids, vasopressors, and antibiotics. Eur J Haematol 2005; 75:1. Gudiol C, Bodro M, Simonetti A, et al.

Infectious Diseases 105

Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 105