Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

JUNE 13, 2024

Minor issues like dehydration and heat stroke could also show up with this symptom. Severe or persistent vomiting or diarrhea Prolonged episodes of severe vomiting or diarrhea can cause electrolyte imbalances and dehydration. Common reasons include infections, gastrointestinal issues, and food poisoning.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MAY 1, 2017

They may get a little dehydrated, especially if mother’s milk is late to come in. Home care The neonate who is safe to go home is well appearing, and not dehydrated. Most babies with hyperbilirubinemia are dehydrated, which just exacerbates the problem. None of them became dehydrated or became sunburned. Bhutani et al.

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Dehydration Pediatrics Wellness Seizures 52

PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

Her name is Emily Groopman, and she’s a current resident at Children’s National Hospital. They include neurologic dysfunction, which is one of the most common that includes things like developmental delay, regression, AKA loss of developmental milestones, hypotonia, encephalopathy, or seizures.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 11, 2025

A blind weight should be obtained post-void with the patient in a hospital gown only (to prevent hidden weights), and the patients back to the weight display. Dr. Helman is an emergency physician at North York General Hospital in Toronto. The skin may provide clues to the presence of an eating disorder.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 15, 2023

As such, thresholds for intervention remain under debate and vary across different hospitals and countries. Signs and symptoms in this group are often non-specific and can include irritability, hypotonia, lethargy, jitteriness, temperature instability, poor feeding, vomiting, apnoea and seizures. He is lethargic but alert.

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Wellness Seizures Hospitals Dehydration 103

EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

Nachi: Sometimes… Jeff: This month’s issue was authored by Mollie Williams, who is the EM residency program director at the Brooklyn Hospital Center. The rhabdo is believed to be due, in part, to associated seizures, muscle tremors, and agitation. Be sure to look for and treat dehydration, acute renal failure, and rhabdo though.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 13, 2023

Most febrile seizures are generalized tonic clonic seizures, lasting for a few minutes (less than 10 mins) and are conventionally classified as being simple (70%) and complex (30%). Simple febrile seizures are generalized (i.e. Any febrile seizure lasting for > 30 mins is considered febrile status epilepticus.

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Seizures Pediatrics Dehydration Radiology 97

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Bhana, MD (EM Resident Physician, University of Massachusetts/UMass Chan Medical School); Clarence Kong, MD (Pain Fellow, Eastern Virginia Medical School – Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University); Mani Hashemi, MD (EM Attending, HCA Florida Mercy Hospital); S.M. This post focuses on pain management for benign headaches.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. Also consider non-hemorrhagic volume depletion, dehydration : orthostatic vitals may uncover this [see Mendu et al. (3)]. Vasovagal syncope is generally benign.

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Emergency Department EKG/ECG Outcomes Seizures 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

GPs and local hospitals should provide easy access to medication and vaccinations to ensure good compliance. At home, he has had 24 hours of alternating paracetamol and ibuprofen, but the pain was so unbearable that his parents came to hospital in the middle of the night. What medications would you give to control pain in hospital?

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Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

These can lead to a wide spectrum of emergent complications including but not limited to cardiac dysrhythmias, seizures, and acute renal failure. This can often become significant enough to precipitate dysrhythmias, seizures, and tetany (20). paclitaxel, doxorubicin, cisplatin) high-risk monoclonal antibody treatments (i.e.

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Fluid Resuscitation Seizures Dehydration Emergency Department 56

EMDocs

MARCH 11, 2024

As the disease progress the patients will experience profound dehydration and start to develops signs and symptoms such as: Rapid heart rate Loss of skin elasticity Dry mucous membranes Low blood pressure If left untreated, severe dehydration may lead to kidney failure, shock, coma, and death within hours.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

She presents with a seven-day history of fever, fatigue, and myalgias associated with decreased oral intake and an episode of seizure-like activity three hours prior to arrival. Additionally, there is no family history of seizure disorders. A review of systems is notable for nausea and vomiting but no diarrhea.

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