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Sepsis alerts work! Just not in the patients who fire the alerts

PulmCCM

In the past decade, so-called “sepsis alerts” came out of nowhere to become a ubiquitous and resource-intensive component of inpatient medical care. “Sepsis alerts” are automated notifications that flag patients who meet certain criteria compatible with severe infection discernible from the electronic medical record.

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EQUAL: a Straightforward Approach To Caring for Disabled Patients

ACEP Now

One case report highlighted an unfortunate outcome from aspiration pneumonia, later found to be due to crayons rather than the expected culprits such as food, secretions, or beverages. The ED is constantly overloaded with patients, so this will require some teamwork to coordinate, including nursing staff, pod lead, and other clinicians.

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Podcast: ECPR

PEMBlog

Establishing an ECPR program requires robust infrastructure, multidisciplinary teamwork, and extensive training. These could include severe sepsis. And of course, there needs to be more data on outcomes in pediatrics. Future prospective studies should focus on outcomes across a broad array of pediatric patients.

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