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EM@3AM: Leukopenia

EMDocs

Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Management is directed based on underlying etiology, but consider fluid resuscitation, antipyretics, and antibiotics as indicated. BioMed Research International, 2020, 1-10. Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 6(1), 31. link] Fan, L., Li, C., & Zhao, H.

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Cerebral Edema and Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Rebaked

Pediatric EM Morsels

Kendra Jackson and Rebecca Raffler While we’ve gotten to snack on a Morsel on this subject before , new guidelines and research surrounding DKA and cerebral edema have come to light since the first go ‘round! The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Commitee. Authors: Drs. Lesson = treat early! 2002 Dec;141(6):793-7.

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How Long Should EM Residency Be? New Studies Shed Light

ACEP Now

emergency medicine (EM) residency training length has been a decades-long dilemma: four vs. three years. First, is three years enough time to become an EM physician? But critical questions remain unanswered when it comes to specialization, career trajectory, and actual competence as an EM physician. 11 What should we take away?

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Congestive Heart Failure and Sepsis: A Closer Look at Fluid Management

RebelEM

This systematic review and meta-analysis attempts to elucidate whether a more conservative fluid resuscitation approach is warranted in volume sensitive sepsis patients, such as those with congestive heart failure (CHF). What They Did: Researchers performed a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2023;73:34-39.

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SGEM#453: I Can’t Go For That – No, No Narcan for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Chris Root is an emergency medicine and emergency medicine service (EMS) physician at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Chris completed his emergency medicine residency and EMS fellowship at UNM. On arrival, you find a 35-year-old male, pulseless and apneic with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in progress by a bystander.

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The CT FIRST Trial: Should We Pan-CT After ROSC?

RebelEM

Population: Patients successfully resuscitated from OHCA without a clear diagnosis on presentation who were stable for CT. Costs include actual cost of the scans as well as delaying other patients’ scans but also includes time taken away from resuscitation to move the patient to and from CT. IQR 2.2 – 69.5) Resus 2023.

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Adjunctive Methylene Blue in Septic Shock?

RebelEM

Judicious fluid resuscitation is indicated in patients with signs of hypo perfusion but is often inadequate necessitating the administration of vasoactive medications. Most of the research on the use of MB has been in patients with vasoplegia following cardiopulmonary bypass. septic shock). 95% CI 15.4 vs 0.5% (Range 0.4

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