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Balanced Fluid Resuscitation for the Critically-Ill: the PLUS study mirrors the BaSICS

PulmCCM

Further, the treating clinician must have deemed either normal saline or balanced crystalloid as appropriate resuscitation options; the patient’s expected-admission to the ICU must have been at least 3 days. of patients randomized to saline received at least 500 mL of open-label balanced fluids. saline received roughly 8.1

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emDOCs Revamp: Esophageal Perforation

EMDocs

ECG – May show tachycardia or rate related ST depressions Laboratory evaluation: CBC w/ differential – may reveal leukocytosis with left shift CMP, Lipase – can reveal alternative intra-abdominal diagnoses as well as show findings of end-organ hypoperfusion (elevated serum creatinine, transaminitis, etc.)

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Grand Rounds 5.8.24

Taming the SRU

Flood syndrome- start fluids, give antibiotics, consult surgery. Be careful with fluid resuscitation in renal transplant patients who can be at risk for volume overload. Of note, HTS is more effective in trauma patients because it is used as a resuscitative fluid as well.

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Case Report: a High-Voltage Victim

ACEP Now

Treatment for burns should focus on fluid resuscitation as appropriate based on your institution’s burn protocol per Brooke, Parkland, Rule of 10s etc. In the operating room, there was minimal urinary output and the bladder pressures were 35 mmHg under sedation and analgesia. His ECG was unremarkable.

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Sepsis Updates Relevant to the Emergency Physician

EMDocs

When analyzing the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of the pooled data, optimal diagnostic accuracy of MDW for sepsis prediction was seen (pooled sensitivity of 0.838 and specificity of 0.704 for Sepsis-3 criteria). 15 Two changes were elucidated in the 2021 SSC guidelines for fluid resuscitation.

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