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Ultrasound of the Month: Gallbladder Perforation

Taming the SRU

A bedside right upper quadrant ultrasound was performed, and the images are below. Complications of acute gallbladder perforation include localized peritonitis, hepatic, subhepatic, or pelvic abscess formation, pneumonia, pancreatitis, acute renal failure, and sepsis (7). Patients should be resuscitated as deemed appropriate.

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Putting Clinical Gestalt to Work in the Emergency Department

ACEP Now

Caring for critically ill patients with limited information requires snap assessments and judgements for timely resuscitation and efficient emergency department throughput. In this study, clinical gestalt is not only fast, but accurate for the benefit of timely resuscitation and intervention. Urology took him for orchiopexy.

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Mallia – Critical Care Ultrasound and Volume Resuscitation

University of Maryland CC Project

Mallia, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Emergency Medicine-Critical Care Fellowship at MedStar Washington Hospital presents on critical care ultrasound and the volume resuscitation dilemma as part of the DC5 lecture series.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 98: Post ROSC Mental Model

EMDocs

Check the pulse RSI= Resuscitation Sequence Intubation Hypoxia, Hypotension, and Acidosis are the reason patients code during/post intubation These patients are super high risk for all 4 Optimize first pass success – Induction agent + paralytic Unconscious patients will still have muscle tone Induction Ketamine or Etomidate at half doses (i.e.,

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Grand Rounds Recap 6.19.2024

Taming the SRU

TEE can be helpful in guiding resuscitation if available. Patients with AML and sepsis have a higher mortality than their otherwise healthy counterparts. Patients with AML and sepsis have a higher mortality than their otherwise healthy counterparts. Gut translocation is a common etiology of sepsis in patients with AML.

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EM@3AM: Endometritis

EMDocs

Incidence, treatment and outcome of peripartum sepsis. Evaluate for retained products of conception as etiology Diagnosis Diagnosis of endometritis with at least two of the following: 8 Fever >100.4F Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1985 Dec 1;153(7):737-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(85)90335-7. PMID: 4073137. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00265.x.

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Episode 21- Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock

EB Medicine

This month, we’ll be talking Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock. We have a special episode for you this month… We’ve brought Dr. Jeremy Rose, one of the peer reviewers, and a sepsis expert, on with us to talk through the content this month. Jeff : Sepsis chair. Sepsis-3!!

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