The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 14, 2023

She is also a member […] The post SGEM #417: Everybody’s Changing…the Reference Ranges for Pediatric Vital Signs first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Time to change the reference ranges of children’s physiological observations in emergency care? Does he have sepsis?” Reference: Brennan L et al.

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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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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 2, 2024

In our guideline section, we chose a review in Pediatrics looking at phototherapy to prevent severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. In this issue of Pediatrics , Leyenaar and colleagues reported on a trial to compare the effectiveness of direct admission to bypass their emergency departments. Pediatrics. Eur J Pediatr.

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PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

There’s no diagnostic test for sepsis, which leads to high rates of overdiagnosis, delayed care from missed cases, and flawed clinical research. Several new blood tests claim to solve the problem of diagnostic imprecision in the early management of suspected sepsis. and Israel, mostly with mild illness.

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