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REBEL Cast Ep116: The CLOVERS Trial – Restrictive vs Liberal Fluids in Sepsis-Induced Hypotension

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REBEL Cast Ep116: The CLOVERS Trial – Restrictive vs Liberal Fluids in Sepsis-Induced Hypotension Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Paper: The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury Clinical Trials Network. Liberal: 14.9% Estimated Difference: -0.9%; 95% CI 04.4

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REBEL Cast Ep120: Etomidate vs Ketamine for RSI in the ED?

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Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Paper: Knack SKS et al. Got FDA exemption as well as went to the community and made sure their community was ok with the trial). It is possible that the induction agent used could play an important role on hemodynamic effects in critically ill adults. Range 5 to 9) Etomidate: 7.0

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Sickle Cell Disease Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SCD, therefore, is not only a mechanical disease but there are also many other cellular and plasma factors as well as endothelial interaction that generate chronic inflammation. Vaccination: PCV13 (pneumococcal vaccination), meningococcal vaccines, and Hib conjugated vaccines are important to prevent life-threatening sepsis.

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REBEL Core Cast 94.0 – SBO

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Late findings Fever Abdominal distension (+) LR: 5.64 – 16.8 (-) LR: 0.34 – 0.43 Absent bowel sounds Peritoneal signs (i.e. rebound and guarding) Diagnostics Laboratory Tests Commonly ordered lab tests (i.e. Late findings Fever Abdominal distension (+) LR: 5.64 – 16.8 (-) LR: 0.34 – 0.43

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What Minimal Volume of Intravenous Fluid Challenges the Heart?

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As well, the volume of administration might be much lower than 500 mL, with previous research indicating that 4 mL/kg of crystalloid was an optimal volume needed to increase mean systemic filling pressure. Download his free textbook here. Following the 500 mL protocol, 80% of the patients increased SV by at least 15%.

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Back to the BaSICS: does the infusion rate of a fluid bolus affect mortality?

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And so, Zampieri and colleagues recently released the Balanced Solutions in Intensive Care Study [BaSICS], comparing two types of crystalloid resuscitation fluid, discussed previously , as well as two infusions rates of these fluids , considered below. sepsis – defined as suspected or confirmed infection plus acute organ dysfunction; d.]

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ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: Phenylephrine Pushes & Stroke Volume

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Notably, they observed that while phenylephrine rectified hypotension, it significantly reduced heart rate [HR], SV – and, therefore, total cardiac output [CO] – as well as cerebral oxygenation [SctO2]. evaluated phenylephrine in 7 critically-ill patients with ‘hyperdynamic’ sepsis [defined as sepsis with CO above 6.0

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