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2024 Emergency Medicine Research Highlights: Forced Air, Sepsis, and More

ACEP Now

The PREOXI trial compared oxygen mask pre-oxygenation versus noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in patients requiring intubation in emergency departments (EDs) and intensive care units. Sepsis Robots or Sepsis Humans The proliferation of sepsis alerts in the ED has reached levels best described as obscene.

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Episode 20 - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake Envenomations

EB Medicine

Jeff: Welcome back to Emplify, the podcast corollary to EB Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice. I’m Jeff Nusbaum, and I’m back with my co-host, Nachi Gupta and we’ll be taking you through the September 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake envenomations.

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Episode 36 - Diagnosis and Management of Acute Gastroenteritis in the Emergency Department

EB Medicine

not ED specific) Food poisoning is responsible for 5% of AGE but results in 30% of deaths. Ciguatera Fish Poisoning Toxin produced by algae consumed by reef fish like grouper, red snapper, sea bass and Spanish mackerel. not ED specific) * Food poisoning is responsible for 5% of AGE but results in 30% of deaths.

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#FOAMed Review 52nd Edition

EM Curious

Intravenous Metoclopramide for Acute Migraine Therapy in the Emergency Department PMID : 26048068 FOAM : EM Lit of Note Immediate Discharge and Home Treatment With Rivaroxaban of Low-risk Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosed in Two U.S. EM Nerd discusses a recent study on just this topic, which found antibiotic therapy to be inferior.

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Does Acrocyanosis Indicate Underlying Bacterial Illness?

ACEP Now

To better address this question, we begin with a prospective observational cohort study of 239 children that evaluated the diagnostic ability of clinical recognition signs (CRS) to identify sepsis. Jones is assistant professor of pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. BMC Emerg Med. 2014;14:24.

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Grand Rounds Recap 4.19.23

Taming the SRU

Subsequent exposure results in a T-cell mediated response (Type IV hypersensitivity reaction) Plants: Toxicodendron species (poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac) Also present in foods, including pistachio, cashew, and mango.

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SGEM#243: Enough is Enough (O2 Saturation of 94-96%)

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Case: You’re working a shift in a rural emergency department when a 68-year-old man presents with a two-day course of worsening cough, shortness of breath, and fever. Their workup reveals a multifocal pneumonia with signs of sepsis. This study expands upon that investigation to patients with other conditions as well.