Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Broselow-Luten System: Supportive Data Physician estimates of weight can underdose children by 49% or overdose by up to 116%. Bowen 2016] Moral of the Morsel: Weight Matters! Reduces dosing errors during resus, up to 33.88%. Recommended by ATLS and PALS. Krug 2007] What If the Child is Obese or Emaciated? in non-malnourished children.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 23, 2024

Published February 15, 2016. J Emerg Med. 2020 Aug;59(2):216-223. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.05.001. 2020.05.001. BRASH syndrome: Bradycardia, Renal failure, Av blocker, Shock, and Hyperkalemia. The post emDOCs Podcast – Episode 93: BRASH Syndrome appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education.

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

After several cycles of defibrillation, epinephrine, and amiodarone, the patient remains in cardiac arrest. Special causes of cardiac arrest to include hyperkalemia and calcium channel blocker overdose, have limited data regarding efficacy but do still carry the recommendation for calcium administration. References: 1. Ramazan, K.,

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EMDocs

JANUARY 4, 2024

Questions: What are the clinical manifestations of bupropion overdose? How is bupropion overdose treated? How long should a patient be observed after a bupropion overdose? 1 In addition to intentional overdoses, there are multiple case studies of abuse (ingestion, insufflation, injection). hours, SR 3 hours, XL 5 hours.

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