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Sniffing out Sepsis - Vibes vs Scoring Systems?

Taming the SRU

Early Physician Gestalt Versus Usual Screening Tools for the Prediction of Sepsis in Critically Ill Emergency Patients. Ann Emerg Med 2024 Background Sepsis remains an increasingly common emergency department condition that is tied to higher morbidity and mortality across the United States as well as the rest of the world.

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Clinical Conundrum: Should We Always Treat Fever in Patients with Sepsis?

RebelEM

Bottom Line Up Top: There doesnt appear to be a morbidity or mortality benefit to treating fever in sepsis and fever may have a protective effect. A large observational study of > 2000 patients found an association with fever at presentation and ICU survival for patients with severe sepsis or septic shock ( Sunden-Culberg 2017 ).

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A New Tool to Help Screen for Sepsis in Kids?

Taming the SRU

Development of a New Screening Tool for Pediatric Septic Shock. Ann Emerg Med 2024; Big Picture Current screening tools for pediatric septic shock and sepsis are highly specific but lack sensitivity. A Brief Sepsis Overview Sepsis is a topic that is ever changing in the literature.

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SGEM #463: Like the Legend of the Phoenix… Criteria for Sepsis

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Development and Validation of the Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock. He specializes in Paediatric Emergency Medicine and is a passionate believer and advocate of FOAMed. He specializes in Paediatric Emergency Medicine and is a passionate believer and advocate of FOAMed. Guest Skeptic: Prof.

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Pediatric Septic Shock

EB Medicine

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, interviews Ara Festekjian, MD, one of the authors of the November 2022 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice article on Pediatric Septic Shock in the Emergency Department Introduction: How common is sepsis in kids and what is the mortality rate in the US?

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Episode 7: Sepsis

PHEM Cast

[link] We hope you enjoyed our sepsis podcast. It is obviously a huge topic and there is lots of information to cover; a couple of other recently released podcasts are available which are produced with the Emergency Medicine community in mind, but will no doubt expand your knowledge. St Emlyns Induction podcast on Sepsis.

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See what happens when a left main thrombus evolves from subtotal occlusion to total occlusion.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

sepsis, anemia, hypoxemia, severe hypotension etc., Figure B At this point, with the ECG changing from diffuse ST depression to widespread ST elevation and the patient presenting in cardiogenic shock, left main coronary artery (LMCA) occlusion is the likely diagnosis. The patient was given aspirin and heparin. This is an ominous sign.

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