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2024 Emergency Medicine Research Highlights: Forced Air, Sepsis, and More

ACEP Now

Sepsis Robots or Sepsis Humans The proliferation of sepsis alerts in the ED has reached levels best described as obscene. The common refrain from trained clinicians: We are smarter than any computer or simple scoring system, and we can rapidly and accurately identify sepsis by ourselves, thank you very much. N Engl J Med.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 115: Adult Meningitis

EMDocs

Toxicity: Carbon monoxide poisoning Time Course: Typically, a rapidly progressing disease process. HSV meningitis needs hospital admission. The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults [published correction appears in J Infect.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: A Rare Presentation – Groin pain? Nec fasc? Diabetes? Appendicitis?

EMDocs

She is concerned about food poisoning and says the groin/thigh pain feels like a prior episode of sciatica. Hospital Inpatient : R thigh is indurated and blistered but abdomen is all but ignored. On the 2nd hospital day, she becomes obtunded and is intubated. Sepsis is diagnosed and antibiotics started for the first time.

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SGEM#243: Enough is Enough (O2 Saturation of 94-96%)

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Their workup reveals a multifocal pneumonia with signs of sepsis. Background: The liberal use of supplemental oxygen therapy in acutely ill adults has a long history in the hospital, but high-quality therapy supporting its practice is unclear. This study expands upon that investigation to patients with other conditions as well.

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Grand Rounds Recap 4.19.23

Taming the SRU

Subsequent exposure results in a T-cell mediated response (Type IV hypersensitivity reaction) Plants: Toxicodendron species (poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac) Also present in foods, including pistachio, cashew, and mango.

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Episode 36 - Diagnosis and Management of Acute Gastroenteritis in the Emergency Department

EB Medicine

not ED specific) Food poisoning is responsible for 5% of AGE but results in 30% of deaths. Ciguatera Fish Poisoning Toxin produced by algae consumed by reef fish like grouper, red snapper, sea bass and Spanish mackerel. Consider them for immunocompromised patients and those with recent abx use or hospitalization.

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Assessing the floppy baby

Mind The Bleep

Were there any risk factors for sepsis? Increased work of breathing with grunting and tachypnoea could be due to sepsis, hypoglycaemia or acidosis due to an inborn error of metabolism. Birth History How long was the labour? Postnatal History Ask about respiratory effort since birth.

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