Sensible Medicine

JUNE 30, 2023

1] Would the outcomes be different? By the time she died, this management had included intravenous fluids, pain medications, antiemetics, and seizure medications. He had COPD and depended on home oxygen. From a professional standpoint, there is no question that my answer to the final question would be, “the past.”

Hospitals 98

Hospitals Hospice Resuscitation COPD 98

Taming the SRU

MARCH 17, 2023

mepivacaine (1-3 h) 1% lidocaine +/- epi (2-3h) 0.25% bupivacaine (2-3 h) 0.25-0.5% mepivacaine (1-3 h) 1% lidocaine +/- epi (2-3h) 0.25% bupivacaine (2-3 h) 0.25-0.5% mg/kg IV Versed: 0.2 mg/kg IM, 0.2 mg/kg IN (may repeat to max of 0.4 mg/kg IN), 0.2 mg/kg IV Versed: 0.2 mg/kg IM, 0.2 mg/kg IN (may repeat to max of 0.4 mg/kg IN), 0.2

Seizures 40

Seizures Fractures Burns Pediatrics 40

PulmCCM

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Cefepime crosses the blood-brain barrier, and dozens of case reports have associated the drug with seizures, encephalopathy, delirium, and coma, with a possibly increased incidence of neurologic adverse effects among patients with renal failure or sepsis. Read in JAMA Does Paxlovid Improve Covid-19 Outcomes in the Omicron Era?

Hospitals 98

Hospitals COPD Emergency Department CDC 98

Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Additionally, cardiac instrumentation, recent procedures such as bronchoscopy/endoscopy, central venous catheter placement/displacement, aortic aneurysm, pneumonia, asthma, COPD, pleural effusion, and pericarditis can manifest as intractable hiccups through similar mechanisms. BMC Cancer. 2022;22:659. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021;62(3).

Stroke 86

Stroke Administration COPD Dehydration 86