Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This blog post aims to help familiarise you with some of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department. Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. Davidson L, Foley DA, Clifford P, Blyth CC, Bowen AC, Hazelton B, et al.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

References: Heffner AC et al. Incidence and factors associated with cardiac arrest complicating emergency airway management. actors Associated with the Occurrence of Cardiac Arrest after Emergency Tracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department. PLoS One 2014; 9(11): e112779. Int J Emerg Med.

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JUNE 27, 2024

Am J Emerg Med. Chinawa JM, Ubesie AC, Chukwu BF, Ikefuna AN, Emodi IJ. 2014 Feb;69(2):144-51. Intranasal fentanyl and discharge from the emergency department among children with sickle cell disease and vaso-occlusive pain: A multicenter pediatric emergency medicine perspective. C or 100.4 mg/kg, max 0.4

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JUNE 14, 2023

Iran Red Crescent Med J 16: e5072, 2014. Parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report. doi:10.1080/10773525.2015.1123848 Povey AC, Rees HG, Thompson JP, Watkins G, Stocks SJ, Karalliedde L. PMID: 25031861] Cook Matt, Frey Aaron. Pesticides and Cholinergics. CorePendium.

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JUNE 7, 2023

Iran Red Crescent Med J 16: e5072, 2014. Parenteral organophosphorus poisoning in a rural emergency department: a case report. 12784 Povey AC, Rees HG, Thompson JP, Watkins G, Stocks SJ, Karalliedde L. She is speaking one word at a time and constantly coughing. She complains of dizziness, nausea, and abdominal cramps.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

A recent review was conducted on Trauma Quality Improvement Program data between 2014 and 2016. Interim results presented earlier this year show that REBOA performed within the Emergency Department increased mortality. b) Emergency thoracotomy Let’s be clear: YOU will not be doing any of this. 2014 Sep;45(9):1287-95.

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OCTOBER 21, 2023

The NIHSS cutoff that predicts outcomes is 4 points higher in AC compared with PC infarctions. Application of the ABCD2 score to identify cerebrovascular causes of dizziness in the emergency department. link] Published January 2014. Epub 2014 Dec 4. Arch Neurol. 2004;61(4):496–504. doi:10.1001/archneur.61.4.496

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JANUARY 6, 2024

You review his chart and note that he had a heart transplant in 2014 but has not followed up with a cardiologist for at least 3 years. 15 Patients with a heart transplant can have ACS though they are unlikely to present with classic, crushing chest pain due to transplant-induced changes in cardiac innervation.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 3, 2023

This single-centre academic urban institution in the United States (US) undertook a 10-year retrospective observational study of paediatric intubation and bougie use in their emergency department (ED). Garabon JJW, Gunz AC, Ali A, Lim R. Prehosp Emerg Care. 468 paediatric patients were intubated in this timeframe.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A 67-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) in cardiac arrest. Marco is professor of emergency medicine at Penn State Health-Milton S. Heart disease and stroke statistics—2014 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. Circulation. 20(S1):S67.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

54 It is vital to consider dangerous epigastric pain mimickers like acute coronary syndrome (ACS), hepatobiliary disease, or pancreatitis. The Treatment of Acute Pain in the Emergency Department: A White Paper Position Statement Prepared for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. J Emerg Med. Acad Emerg Med.

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