Taming the SRU

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Other conditions that lead to intravascular fluid depletion include but are not limited to starvation/dehydration, vomiting, diarrhea, burns/trauma, hyperglycemia, and hemorrhage. There is substantial evidence that IV fluids can be beneficial in patients with sepsis complicated by hypotension and labor. AtherlyJohn et al.

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Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Administration Resuscitation 82

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

Vaccination: PCV13 (pneumococcal vaccination), meningococcal vaccines, and Hib conjugated vaccines are important to prevent life-threatening sepsis. Sickle cell patients also qualify to receive the annual influenza vaccine, since influenza virus infection predisposes to bacterial pneumonia and sepsis caused by S. pneumoniae and S.

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Blood Transfusions Stroke Dehydration Sepsis 126

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

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. So they’re lethargic, they might vomit, they’re hypotonic, hypothermic, they might have fever or seizures.

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Pediatrics Seizures Emergency Department Sepsis 59

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.

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Poisoning EKG/ECG Seizures 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 15, 2023

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. His systemic examination is normal, apart from signs of dehydration. Physical examination: Joey is well-grown. He is lethargic but alert.

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Wellness Seizures Hospitals Dehydration 103