Taming the SRU

APRIL 13, 2023

beta blockers decrease ability to dissipate heat through increase CO, diuretics predispose to dehydration, or anticholinergic agents can affect thermoregulation) Clinical Presentation: Temperature elevation, usually 40.5C EtOH, amphetamines, or cocaine) Prescription drugs (i.e.

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 52

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PEMBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Full blown sepsis and toxic shock syndrome. Well, you definitely shouldn’t be sending a blood culture because if you’re worried about bacteremia and sepsis, that kid needs to stay in the hospital. You’re concerned about SIRS or sepsis. Bilateral red limbs? That’s probably something different.

Infectious Diseases 59

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Wellness Pediatrics 59

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

Furthermore, educating both patients and their families is important in order to achieve good treatment compliance and better clinical outcomes. Vaccination: PCV13 (pneumococcal vaccination), meningococcal vaccines, and Hib conjugated vaccines are important to prevent life-threatening sepsis. pneumoniae and S. massage, watching TV).

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Blood Transfusions Stroke Dehydration Sepsis 126

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 17, 2023

Evaluating the Impact of the 2017 Dutch Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Guideline. Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 in Newborns and Infants: A Multicenter Experience of 576 Cases. 2023 Jun Oral food challenge outcomes in children and adolescents in a tertiary centre: A 5-year experience. Paediatr Child Health. Van Rossem EJD, et al.

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EMDocs

JUNE 27, 2024

Intravenous fluid therapy and hospital outcomes for vaso-occlusive episodes in children, adolescents, and young adults with sickle cell disease. Factors associated with adverse outcome among children with sickle cell disease admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit: an observational cohort. C or 100.4 mg/kg, max 0.4 C or 100.4

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Pediatrics Dehydration EMS Hospitals 88

EMDocs

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Sepsis is diagnosed and antibiotics started for the first time. High level amputation is considered, but she dies of sepsis and multiorgan failure on hospital day 7. She had no persistent vomiting, was not dehydrated and had no fever. Takeaways : There are more questions than answers in this case, but: This is a common outcome.

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EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

Leakage from the staple line typically presents within the first week, but can present up to 35 days, usually with fevers, tachycardia, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting sepsis, or peritonitis. Some may present with isolated tachycardia while others may present with profound sepsis – tachycardia, hypotension, and fever. At 6 to 8 mL/kg.

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Mind The Bleep

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The children who received no bolus had significantly better outcomes and reduced mortality compared to the two bolus group. [2] This is a child who is clearly dehydrated and unable to tolerate oral fluids therefore IV fluids are the best option. Boluses were given in 20-40ml/kg aliquots. Answers (1) [B] is the correct answer.

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Fluid Resuscitation Hospitals Dehydration Research 96

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Inadequate fluid consumption, combined with factors like hot weather or strenuous physical activity, can lead to gradual dehydration with cumulative effects. Differential Diagnosis of Acute Issues Dehydration Every child will have a minimum daily fluid intake goal to achieve. Consider sepsis and treat it accordingly.

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Pediatrics Fractures Dehydration Sepsis 52

EMDocs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Source: By Dr Graham Beards – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, [link] Less common physical exam findings associated with mpox complications can include secondary skin infections, proctitis, bronchopneumonia, diarrhea and dehydration, eye-related issues, and, in very rare cases, encephalitis. A review of cutaneous anthrax and its outcome.

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CDC Documentation/Coding Infectious Diseases Dehydration 68

EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

For patients who are elderly, orthostasis is an unreliable clinical finding and may be present in the absence of dehydration. For patients who are elderly, orthostasis is an unreliable clinical finding and may be present in the absence of dehydration. 9 In terms of assessing volume status in general, Joseph et al. Andrews et al.

Dehydration 69

Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Sepsis Resuscitation 69

Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

InHospital Outcomes of Tumor Lysis Syndrome: A PopulationBased Study Using the National Inpatient Sample. paclitaxel, doxorubicin, cisplatin) high-risk monoclonal antibody treatments (i.e. Williams SM, Killeen AA. Tumor Lysis Syndrome. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 2018;143(3):386-393. doi:10.5858/arpa.2017-0278-RS

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Fluid Resuscitation Seizures Dehydration Emergency Department 55