Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 7, 2023

Heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) are THE major vital signs used in Advanced Paediatric Life Support ( APLS) guidance , sepsis guidelines , and Paediatric Early Warning Scores (e.g., Identify the percentage of children whose heart or respiratory rate would exceed the “severe” cut-off from the UK Sepsis Trust and NICE guidelines.

Sepsis 98

Sepsis Pediatrics Urgent Care Emergency Department 98

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 14, 2023

We have been reading online about something called sepsis that can be deadly. Does he have sepsis?” Specifically, heart rate and respiratory rates are used in early attempts to detect sepsis. His parents look at the monitor and ask you, “Is that heart rate normal for him? It seems awfully high. J Paediatr Child Health.

Pediatrics 90

Pediatrics Sepsis Urgent Care Emergency Department 90

EMDocs

OCTOBER 10, 2024

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. A delay in antibiotics administration was unfortunate but no one can say on a “more probable than not” basis that earlier treatment would have changed the outcome.

Documentation/Coding 87

Documentation/Coding Hospitals Sepsis Infectious Diseases 87