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Targeted Temperature Management in Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Therapeutic hypothermia is thought to decrease the brain’s metabolic demand, reduce inflammation and cell death, and reduce the risk of seizures. About PICSTAR PICSTAR is a trainee-led research network open to all doctors, nurses and allied health trainees within Paediatric Intensive Care. What do the guidelines recommend?

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Grand Rounds Recap 3.20.24

Taming the SRU

Emergency Critical Care Center (EC3) at the University of Michigan: Dedicated critical care unit within the emergency department that was created to improve access to timely, high-quality critical care after identifying a gap in emergency care delivery for patients Reduced risk-adjusted 30 day mortality among all ED patients, lower ICU admission rates (..)

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Grand Rounds Recap 10.4.23

Taming the SRU

morbidity and mortality - quality improvement - research grand rounds - r1 clinical knowledge: pres/rcvs - r4 case follow-up: compartment syndrome Morbidity and Mortality WITH dr. finney Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy with COVID-19 Increasing incidence of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy with the COVID-19 pandemic Morbidity and mortality is similar to that of ACS (..)

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Managing raised intracranial pressure in severe traumatic brain injury – the basics

Don't Forget the Bubbles

After a traumatic brain injury, all children and young people should have a C-ABCDE rapid assessment for life-threatening injuries (as per ATLS guidelines) focussed on trauma resuscitation and stabilisation, followed by a secondary assessment. Do we need seizure prophylaxis?

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Brain Trauma Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

ACEP Now

These guidelines present the best available evidence to support clinical decision making in the prehospital setting when TBI care may have the most significant impact on outcomes; they also establish a research agenda for future investigations. The GCS must be obtained through interaction with the patient (i.e.,

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ToxCard: PNU (Vacor)

EMDocs

Shortly after this, he began vomiting, and developed a tonic clonic seizure. There was no prodromal illness, recent trauma, polyuria or polydipsia, family history of seizure disorder or diabetes. In these cases, PNU ingestion would most likely originate from exposure to an old household rodenticide or exposure to a “research chemical”.

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SGEM#195: Some Like It Hot – ED Temperature and ICU Survival

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

The nurse triages both to beds in the acute/resuscitation area of the department. Alternating therapy may be beneficial for comfort, but more research is required to address this specific question. Will treating with antipyretics prevent a febrile seizure? Following the triage sepsis pathway, recently amended to use qSOFA.

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