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Sepsis Screening Decreases Mortality. Well, not really.

Sensible Medicine

If there is one thing a medicine resident or hospitalist should be able to do well is identify the patients who are sick and need attention. I’ve predicted that any screening tool would be more sensitive but less specific than a well-trained doctor. Outcomes and patients The primary outcome was 90-day in-hospital mortality.

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ToxCard: Iron

EMDocs

7 Workup other than serum iron concentration at 4 hours after ingestion not shown to accurately predict clinical outcomes or severity of toxicity. Aggressive fluid resuscitation as patients may be severely hypovolemic from GI symptoms. 6 Absence of visualized tablets on x-ray does not exclude iron ingestion. 2 L/hr in adults.

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EM@3AM: Leukopenia

EMDocs

Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A previously healthy 23-year-old male with no medical or surgical history presents to the ED with generalized malaise and no energy, progressively getting worse over the last six weeks. 10^9/L) Moderate (0.50.9 10^9/L) Severe (< 0.5 10^9/L) Generalized leukopenia (i.e.

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The 90th Bubble wrap DFTB X The Bridge

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This was a secondary analysis of the Management and Outcome of Fever in Children in Europe (MOFICHE) study. The primary outcome measure was SBI, and 1854 children included were diagnosed with an SBI. Lack of fluid monitoring throughout the PICU stay led to underreporting of MODS resulting from late-onset FO. Whats it about?

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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

RebelEM

CRYSTALLOIDS Too much crystalloid resuscitation in traumatic hemorrhagic shock can increase dilutional coagulopathy, as well as increase morbidity and mortality Bickell WH et al. Ann Emerg Med 2017 [6] This was a retrospective database review of 7521 traumatic brain injury patients SBP target ≥90mmHg resulted in a mortality of 7.8%

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EM@3AM: Stercoral Colitis

EMDocs

Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. If sepsis or septic shock is present, aggressive fluid resuscitation and empiric antibiotics covering intra-abdominal flora should be administered. Stercoral Colitis in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Review of Presentation, Management, and Outcomes.

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Chemical Burns

Mind The Bleep

Alkali burns result in liquefaction necrosis, allowing for deeper tissue injury as well as vascular injury that can lead to both local and systemic toxicity [1]. Establish IV access and begin fluid resuscitation with 250ml boluses of 0.9% Sodium Chloride or Hartmanns if indicated, monitoring for signs of shock.

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