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A Beginner’s Guide to Vasoactive Drug use in Children with Septic Shock

Don't Forget the Bubbles

The amount of blood that comes from the heart with each contraction is the stroke volume (SV). The stroke volume is the difference between how full it is at the start and how full it is after a contraction. The next element of stroke volume is the emptying. So, fluid has been tried but has not got close to fixing the problem.

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Brain Trauma Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

ACEP Now

These guidelines present the best available evidence to support clinical decision making in the prehospital setting when TBI care may have the most significant impact on outcomes; they also establish a research agenda for future investigations. This document is an update of guidelines first published in 2000, and then updated in 2007.

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Issue #2: The Latest in Critical Care, 5/22/23

PulmCCM

Early mobilizers got significantly more exercise, but had no improvement in any clinical outcome (days alive outside the hospital, ventilator-free days, ICU-free days, or cognitive or psychological function). At least one expert questioned whether the study was adequately powered. In an NHLBI-sponsored trial enrolling 1563 patients at 60 U.S.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 100: Acute Chest Syndrome Part 1

EMDocs

Fluid management Goal is euvolemia Dehydration – needs IV fluid resuscitation. Hypervolemia – leads to pulmonary edema: Consider diuresis If euvolemic – start maintenance fluids of D5 in 0.45%NS Causes and outcomes of the acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease. pneumoniae, C. Am J Emerg Med.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 101: Acute Chest Syndrome Part 2

EMDocs

Fluid management Goal is euvolemia Dehydration – needs IV fluid resuscitation. If euvolemic – start maintenance fluids of D5 in 0.45%NS Causes and outcomes of the acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease. Infectious: bacterial or viral pneumonia ( M. pneumoniae, C. Underestimates alveolar hypoxemia.

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Guideline Update: Acute Lower GI Bleeding

EMDocs

Hemodynamic resuscitation Key Concept: Patients with hemodynamic instability and/or suspected ongoing bleeding should receive intravenous fluid resuscitation with the goal of optimization of blood pressure and heart rate before endoscopic evaluation/intervention. (Conditional recommendation, low-quality evidence).

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Putting Clinical Gestalt to Work in the Emergency Department

ACEP Now

In such cases, would you wait for a lactate, white blood cell count, bandemia, or other diagnostics to confirm a source of infection before starting antibiotics, fluid resuscitation, and/or pressors? In this study, clinical gestalt is not only fast, but accurate for the benefit of timely resuscitation and intervention.