Taming the SRU

DECEMBER 17, 2024

There is substantial evidence that IV fluids can be beneficial in patients with sepsis complicated by hypotension and labor. This has been particularly validated in pediatric literature; however, this can be applicable to the adult patient population within the right circumstances i.e

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Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

A single cadaveric study from the 1950s showed that the pediatric subglottic space approximated a circular funnel with the narrowest portion at the cricoid level This study included only 15 children aged 4 months–14 years But why was this a problem? Front Pediatr. Cuffed endotracheal tubes in pediatric intensive care.

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EMDocs

APRIL 6, 2024

. #1: Phoenix Criteria – New Pediatric Sepsis Score Spoon Feed The Phoenix Sepsis Score, which is a novel clinical criterion for pediatric sepsis and septic shock developed using measures of organ dysfunction, outperforms existing IPSCC criteria for the diagnosis of pediatric sepsis and septic shock.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 11, 2025

Clinical exam: 2, 3, 9 Abdominal distension and tenderness Nausea and vomiting Stool present in the rectal vault Peritonitis may be accompanied by hemodynamic instability in the case of sepsis. 2-4, 6 If there is a concern for perforation or sepsis, surgical consultation, blood cultures, empiric antibiotics, and fluids are recommended.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

MAY 5, 2020

The post EM Quick Hits 18 Conservative Management Pneumothorax, Microdosing Buprenorphine, Practical Use of CRITOE, Canadian TIA Score, Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Guidelines, Safety of Peripheral Vasopressors appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 3, 2023

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, interviews Ara Festekjian, MD, one of the authors of the November 2022 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice article on Pediatric Septic Shock in the Emergency Department Introduction: How common is sepsis in kids and what is the mortality rate in the US?

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Board Bombs

OCTOBER 29, 2023

In the Spirit of Halloween let's cover Pediatric Sepsis- the tricks of the trade and how to not miss infections, as well as what to know for the test. Peds Sepsis: Nightmare on Epi Street. Peds Sepsis: Nightmare on Epi Street. Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake.

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Board Bombs

OCTOBER 29, 2023

In the Spirit of Halloween let's cover Pediatric Sepsis- the tricks of the trade and how to not miss infections, as well as what to know for the test. Peds Sepsis: Nightmare on Epi Street. Peds Sepsis: Nightmare on Epi Street. Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Four-year-old Ed is being resuscitated for presumed Invasive Group A Streptococcal Sepsis from tonsilitis. In middle-to-high-income countries, after 40-60ml/kg of fluid resuscitation, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines recommend using vasoactive drugs. After 40ml/kg of IV 0.9% The CRT is unchanged.

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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.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

APRIL 23, 2019

On the one hand, UTI is one of the most common bacterial infections in children younger than 2 years of age and could lead to sepsis acutely and theoretically renal failure in the long run. There are risks associated with not having a standardized approach to diagnosing pediatric UTIs.

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JournalFeed

APRIL 24, 2021

We cover leadership through change, IN midazolam for pediatric seizure, hypothermia and young infant sepsis risk, VICTAS RCT, and clinically diagnosing GHB intoxication. It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of Apr 19-23, 2021.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 19, 2023

J Pediatr 2018;196:71-6. Pediatrics 2022;149:e2021053413. Curr Pediatr Rev 2018;14:212–8. Eur J Pediatr 2016;175:1047-57. Recommendations from the pediatric endocrine society for evaluation and management of persistent hypoglycemia in neonates, infants, and children. J Pediatr 2015;167:238-45.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

AUGUST 1, 2017

Pediatr Rev. Intestinal Malrotation – Not Just the Pediatric Surgeon’s Problem. Pediatr Surg Int. Eur J Pediatr Surg 2016; 26:192. Pediatrics 1977; 60:457. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2008; 46:13. J Pediatr 2005; 146:787. Pediatr Surg Int 2003; 19:439. Pediatr Surg Int 2003; 19:247.

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JournalFeed

APRIL 4, 2020

We cover Pediatric Surviving Sepsis; mortality risk after out-of-hospital naloxone; spontaneous pneumothorax - tube or no tube; opioids prior to pediatric sedation; and HINTS by emergency physicians and stroke risk. Here is the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of March 30- April 3, 2020.

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JournalFeed

JANUARY 30, 2021

We cover Project COVERED, interval likelihood ratios for pediatric UA, sepsis workup for infant otitis media, ARREST RCT - ECMO+CPR, and the best immobilization for dancer’s fractures. It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of Jan 25-29, 2021.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 6, 2024

Acad Pediatr. Reviewed by: Tasnim Ransome and Spyridon Karageorgos Article 3: Which Sepsis Scoring Tools Perform Best? Organ Dysfunction in Children With Blood Culture-Proven Sepsis: Comparative Performance of Four Scores in a National Cohort Study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine , 25 (3), pp.e117-e128. Hagenbuch, N.,

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Blood cultures: Blood cultures are rarely positive; however, should be obtained if suspicion for sepsis is present or if the patient is immunocompromised. [2][3] Pediatric Bacterial Tracheitis—A Variable Entity: Case Series with Literature Review. Hospital Pediatrics. Pediatric Pulmonology. Published 2023. Published 2020.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Spoon Feed Don’t hang your hat on lactate clearance to assess therapeutic response to resuscitation in sepsis; there are too many confounders, and initial clearance does not necessarily project clinical course. Clay Smith at @spoonfedEM , and sign up for email updates here. #1: 1: How Useful Is Lactate Clearance Anyway? Circulation.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Natalie May trained as an emergency physician with subspecialty paediatric emergency medicine in the UK and worked in Manchester and Oxford before moving to Australia in 2015 to work for Sydney […] The post SGEM#190: Wee are the Champions of Pediatric Urine Samples first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

APRIL 7, 2023

There are many conditions that we would like to think belong only to the “ adult patient problem DDx; ” however, as we have discussed several times previously, pediatric patients can experience many “adult conditions” (see, Aortic Dissection , Kidney Stones , and Cholecystitis ). Expert Rev Hematol. doi: 10.1586/ehm.13.25.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 17, 2023

Eur J Pediatr. Original clinical studies The impact of the early onset neonatal sepsis calculator on antibiotic initiation: a single center study in Israel. Eur J Pediatr. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. Eur J Pediatr. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. Eur J Pediatr.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Get up-to-date in the understanding and management of pediatric status epilepticus. Pediatric status epilepticus is analogous to the multi-organ dysfunction syndrome in severe sepsis. Pediatric Seizures and Strokes: Beyond Benzos and Brain Scans. Pediatr Emerg Care. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. Boston, MA.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

Importantly, there were no differences between the groups regarding complications, including acute respiratory distress syndrome, multiple organ failure, venous thromboembolism, sepsis, and transfusion-related complications. J Pediatr Surg. Pediatr Surg Int. 2022 Dec;57(12):986-993. 2021 Nov;37(11):1613-1620.

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Taming the SRU

JANUARY 12, 2024

pediatric small groups WITH our cchmc colleagues Dermatologic emergencies Children can present with a wide range of rashes, many of which are benign, however identifying concerning rashes is very important. Use your resources to differentiate scary from benign! Children are not just small adults!

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

APRIL 22, 2024

Sepsis: The spread of infection through the bloodstream, known as sepsis, is a critical condition that can lead to organ failure and death if not promptly treated. Acute dacryocystitis in pediatric patients and frequency of nasolacrimal duct patency. Management of pediatric acute dacryocystitis. 2021 Jan 2;40(1):18-23.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Fever in the Emergency Department Predicts Survival of Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Admitted to the ICU. Fever in the Emergency Department Predicts Survival of Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Admitted to the ICU. Following the triage sepsis pathway, recently amended to use qSOFA.

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EMDocs

JULY 1, 2023

BMC Pediatrics. Upon further research in the 1970’s, retrospective data from autopsies of those patients showed coronary aneurysms 5 Pathophysiology: Kawasaki Disease is a vasculitis of medium sized arteries. Rosh Review Website Link FOAMed: [link] [link] [link] References: Noorani, M., Lakhani, N. 2018;18(334). link] McCrindle, B.,

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2016

Read on to go from bread-and-butter pediatric blood work to answer the question – what’s up with troponin, lactate, d-dimer, and BNP in kids? This is especially true in children – the majority of pediatric ambulatory visits do not require blood work to make a decision about acute care. The punchline is, use a pediatric reference.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The full differential diagnosis of sinus tachycardia in isolation is extensive ranging from benign etiologies such as anxiety to severely life threatening etiologies such as sepsis. 12181 Wilson PM, Florin TA, Huang G, Fenchel M, Mittiga MR. Is Tachycardia at Discharge From the Pediatric Emergency Department a Cause for Concern?

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ACEP Now

JULY 8, 2023

To better address this question, we begin with a prospective observational cohort study of 239 children that evaluated the diagnostic ability of clinical recognition signs (CRS) to identify sepsis. Dr. Jones is assistant professor of pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. References Scott HF, et al.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

ESR & CRP – nonspecific and typically elevated Blood culture – if presenting with sepsis Imaging: Consider a chest radiograph in patients with pulmonary symptoms to evaluate for associated pneumonitis, pleural effusions, cardiomegaly. Case Rep Pediatr. Rule out confounding viral or autoimmune hepatitis. 2022;56:1-6.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 31, 2023

We have a ringside view in the Children’s Emergency Department – the unique opportunity to see different types of acute presentations, whether DKA, sepsis or asthma, amongst a host of febrile children. Preparedness and Response to Pediatric COVID-19 in European Emergency Departments: A Survey of the REPEM and PERUKI Networks.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. rectally, prompting a sepsis workup given his age. The patient was ultimately discharged on a seven-day total course of cephalexin per Pediatric Infectious Disease recommendations. Pediatr Dermatol.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

But you remember seeing in the news there was a study claiming vitamin C could cure sepsis. Background: There was a huge buzz in the media a few years ago about a vitamin C cocktail (vitamin C, hydrocortisone and thiamine) as a possible cure for sepsis. You wonder if giving vitamin C will affect her outcome?

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

Sepsis PCT may have some utility in guiding posttest probability for sepsis when the diagnosis is unclear. A 2013 meta-analysis of 30 studies including 3,244 patients published in The Lancet found PCT to have a pooled sensitivity of 77% and specificity of 79% for sepsis in critically ill patients [52]. Cleland DA, Eranki AP.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 20, 2024

ECPR involves using ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) to take over heart and lung functions, offering a last-resort option that is becoming more common in large pediatric hospitals. ELSO guidelines for adult and pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuits. Pediatric Emergency Care , 40(8), 618-622.

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