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The exact mechanism is not known… It was previously believed that it was due to rapid changes in serum osmolality during initial fluidresuscitation. Glucose > 200 mg/dL Moderate or Large Ketonuria The severity of DKA is categorized by the degree of acidosis Mild : venous pH < 7.3 Lesson = treat early!
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Our nurse did not study Paul Ekman’s Facial Action Coding System for Action Units to code “fear” in the patient’s face. In such cases, would you wait for a lactate, white blood cell count, bandemia, or other diagnostics to confirm a source of infection before starting antibiotics, fluidresuscitation, and/or pressors?
Establish IV access and begin fluidresuscitation with 250ml boluses of 0.9% This includes adequate pain control, fluidresuscitation, and stabilization of any systemic complications. Provide detailed documentation of the initial assessment, treatment provided, and the patient’s response to interventions.
This document is an update of guidelines first published in 2000, and then updated in 2007. Confounders to the GCS such as seizure and post-ictal phase, ingestions and drug overdose, as well as medications administered in the prehospital setting that impact GCS score should be documented. 2019;154(7):e191152.
Flood syndrome- start fluids, give antibiotics, consult surgery. Be careful with fluidresuscitation in renal transplant patients who can be at risk for volume overload. Have a high suspicion for infection in transplant patients. Immunosuppression can blunt the typical immune response.
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And sepsis-3 redefined septic shock as “hypotension not responsive to fluidresuscitation” with the added requirement of vasopressors to maintain a MAP greater than or equal to 65 and with a lactate > 2. Let’s start with fluids. Patient’s need adequate fluidresuscitation. So quite a few changes! vasopressin.
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