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Bubble Wrap PLUS – January 2024

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Reviews and opinion articles Use of POCUS for the assessment of dehydration in pediatric patients-a narrative review. Lung ultrasound for the sick child: less harm and more information than a radiograph. 2023 Dec 12 Pediatric Sepsis Diagnosis, Management, and Sub-phenotypes. Musolino AM, et al. Eur J Pediatr. 2023 Dec 22.

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Tachycardia must make you doubt an ACS or STEMI diagnosis; put it all in clinical context

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

More often, tachycardia with ST segment abnormalities (elevation or depression) is due to an underlying illness (PE, sepsis, hemorrhage, dehydration, hypoxia, respiratory failure, etc.). The patient was suffering from severe dehydration, possibly with sepsis. Furthermore, notice the well-formed Q-waves in inferior leads.

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Sickle Cell Disease Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

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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EM@3AM: Suppurative Parotitis

EMDocs

Transoral Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Obstructive Salivary Gland Pathologies. Ultrasound Med Biol. Other bacterial causes include anaerobic oral flora, Strep viridans, E. Other bacterial causes include anaerobic oral flora, Strep viridans, E. Other bacterial causes include anaerobic oral flora, Strep viridans, E. Rev Infect Dis.

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Bubble Wrap PLUS – July ’23

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Reviews and opinion articles Point-of-care ultrasound in pediatric nephrology. Evaluating the Impact of the 2017 Dutch Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Guideline. 2023 Jun;182(6):2735-2757 Point-of-care ultrasound to assess degree of dehydration in children: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Sethi SK, et al. 2023 Jun 15.

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Going beyond the surface material: A podcast episode on cellulitis

PEMBlog

Full blown sepsis and toxic shock syndrome. If you think that there’s an abscess, you can diagnose it clinically by a localized area of induration or fluctuance or use an ultrasound. You’re concerned about SIRS or sepsis. Bilateral red limbs? That’s probably something different. Fortunately, those are rare.

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Episode 30 - Emergency Department Management of Patients With Complications of Bariatric Surgery

EB Medicine

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.