The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Most emergency department patients meeting sepsis criteria are not diagnosed with sepsis at discharge. She is also an Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine Mayo […] The post SGEM#346: Sepsis – You Were Always on My Mind first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. He’s afebrile.

Sepsis 40

Sepsis Emergency Department COPD Hospitals 40

Ken Grauer, MD

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

These 2 settings are: i ) In patients with severe , often longstanding pulmonary disease ; and / or , ii ) In acutely ill patients with multi-system disease ( ie, sepsis, shock, electrolyte and/or acid-base disorders ). Applying the Above to Today's Case: In addition to being Covid-positive — the patient in today's case had longstanding COPD.

EKG/ECG 195

EKG/ECG Documentation/Coding Sepsis COPD 195

EMDocs

APRIL 2, 2024

Check the pulse RSI= Resuscitation Sequence Intubation Hypoxia, Hypotension, and Acidosis are the reason patients code during/post intubation These patients are super high risk for all 4 Optimize first pass success – Induction agent + paralytic Unconscious patients will still have muscle tone Induction Ketamine or Etomidate at half doses (i.e.,

Documentation/Coding 92

Documentation/Coding CPR EKG/ECG Sepsis 92

EB Medicine

OCTOBER 1, 2018

This month, we’ll be talking Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock. We have a special episode for you this month… We’ve brought Dr. Jeremy Rose, one of the peer reviewers, and a sepsis expert, on with us to talk through the content this month. Jeff : Sepsis chair. Sepsis-3!!

Sepsis 40

Sepsis Shock Fluid Resuscitation Hospitals 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.

Hospitals 98

Hospitals Emergency Department COPD CDC 98

Emergency Medicine Ireland

JANUARY 10, 2022

So a common clinical context might be a haematological cancer patient in the ICU as part of a neutropaenic sepsis process. COVID-19 as a risk factor is almost certainly a risk factor. That being said if you find that the whole airway is covered in plaques on bronch then you’ve probably established a diagnosis.

COPD 40

COPD Sepsis Wellness 40

PulmCCM

MARCH 11, 2024

Palliative care consults fired on those over 65 with: ESRD on dialysis COPD on home oxygen or with 2 hospitalizations in the past year Dementia with nursing home residence, PEG tube, or 2 hospitalizations in the past year Attendings could cancel the pre-written consult order, but had to provide a reason to the study administrators.

Hospice 52

Hospice Documentation/Coding Administration Hospitals 52