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

ACEP Now

1 The primary outcome was the frequency of observed hypoxemia, defined as any pulse oximetry reading below 85 percent. Serious patient-oriented outcomes such as cardiac arrest were rare, but almost all occurred in the oxygen mask cohort. The obvious winner was NIPPV, whose 9.1

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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. Sepsis is diagnosed and antibiotics started for the first time. High level amputation is considered, but she dies of sepsis and multiorgan failure on hospital day 7. Temp is 98.7 and pulse 121. It reveals a 7.5

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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. While supplemental oxygen is undoubtedly beneficial for patients acutely desaturating, in respiratory distress, or suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning just to name a few, there is widespread “indication creep” for this therapy.

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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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Grand Rounds Recap 4.5.23

Taming the SRU

stent, percutaneous nephrostomy) by urology or IR Hypokalemia evaluate for EKG changes assess for underlying cause and factors that may influence ability to replete (i.e. stent, percutaneous nephrostomy) by urology or IR Hypokalemia evaluate for EKG changes assess for underlying cause and factors that may influence ability to replete (i.e.

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Fourteen Emergency Medicine Research Gems from 2023

ACEP Now

The PATCH-Trauma trial took a critical look at TXA in major trauma in the advanced trauma systems of Australia and found a mixed result: a slightly greater number of patients were still alive six months following TXA administration, but there was no difference in survival with a good functional outcome. percent to 38.3

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Episode 20 - Emergency Department Management of North American Snake Envenomations

EB Medicine

Nachi: And don’t forget our peer reviewers this month, Dr. Daniel Sessions, a medical toxicologist working at the South Texas Poison Center, and our very own editor-in-chief, Dr. Andy Jagoda, who is also Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Jeff: What a team! But, let’s get back to the snakes.