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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 110: Primary Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

EMDocs

Ultrasound can assist: confirm ascites, evaluate for best site, abdominal wall thickness, blood vessels along needle track. Management: Patients can rapidly progress to septic shock and multiorgan failure. Safety of ultrasound-guided thoracentesis in patients with abnormal preprocedural coagulation parameters. 2013;144:456–463.

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IVC Distensibility Index vs Collapsibility Index: Using the Correct Index

RebelEM

13 That is to say nothing of the effect that the type and response to shock has on the individual patients involved in these studies. As seen in the Andromeda Shock Trial, and multiple other trials involving shocked patients, capillary return also reigns supreme regarding physical examination. Ultrasound Med Biol.

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EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

EMDocs

Ischemic Hepatitis and Septic Shock Secondary to Murine Typhus Infection in Pregnancy. The RUSH exam: Rapid Ultrasound in SHock in the evaluation of the critically lll. Clinical Infectious Diseases , vol. 6, 2008, pp. Oxford University Press. Accessed 19 Aug. Berry M, Wang AM, Lahham RF, Zhang X, Pacheco LD. Blanton LS.

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Is the blind Subclavian “trauma line” a thing of the past?

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

Obtaining access in shocked trauma patients can be notoriously difficult due to circulatory collapse. Those who are shocked, shut down with limited or no other options for peripheral access require central access. The evidence for improved safety and quality with the use of ultrasound for CVC implementation is well established [i].

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Chest pain and shock: Is there a right ventricular OMI on this ECG? And should he undergo trancutaneous pacing?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 50-something man presented in shock with severe chest pain. The patient was in clinical shock with a lactate of 8. This confirms inferior, posterior, lateral, and RV MI RV MI often leads to shock and (systolic) hypotension. Case continued A bedside ultrasound showed diminished LV EF and of course bradycardia.

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Serial PoCUS for ED Patients with Acute Dyspnea: Is More Actually Better?

RebelEM

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is a valuable clinical tool in the assessment of acute dyspnea. Impact of serial cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasound exams in patients with acute dyspnoea: a randomized, controlled trial. PoCUS evaluations included lung ultrasound (LUS) and focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS).

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Ep 164 Cardiogenic Shock Simplified

Emergency Medicine Cases

What is the preferred order of vasopressors and ionotropes in the management of cardiogenic shock? How can we best pick up occult cardiogenic shock before it floured shock kicks in? What is the evidence for intra-aortic balloon pumps, percutaneous ventricular assist devices and ECMO in the patient with cardiogenic shock?

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