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Post-Intubation Sedation and Analgesia

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It was found that patients exposed to deep sedation in the ED had an independent higher incidence of continued deep sedation on ICU day one ( Fuller, 2019 ). 2019 Nov;47(11):1539-1548. Shehabi Y, Howe BD, Bellomo R, Arabi YM, et al: Early Sedation with Dexmedetomidine in Critically Ill Patients. 2019 Jun 27;380(26):2506-2517.

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Updates in High dose Insulin and Euglycemia Therapy (HIET) for the treatment of Beta-adrenergic Receptor and Calcium Channel Antagonists Overdose

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References: Yuan TH, Kerns WP, Tomaszewski CA, et al. von Lewinski D, Bruns S, Walther S, et al. Cole JB, Corcoran JN, Engebretsen KM, et al. Holger JS, Engebretsen KM, Fritzlar SJ, et al. Kerns W, Schroeder D, Williams C, et al. Kline JA, Tomaszewski CA, Schroeder JD, et al. 2007;33(11):2019-2024.

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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

cats and dogs have their own GCS scores [Lapsley 2019, Ash 2018] Moral of the Morsel Modified can make it Merrier! Holmes, James F et al. 2019 Jul;20(7):660-666. 2019 Sep;241:112-118. Epub 2019 Apr 22. Systematic review showed 85% of studies with substantial reliability with kappa statistic >0.6 Acad Emerg Med.

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Ultrasound Guided Lumbar Puncture

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A study by Duniec et al. Here are a handful of these studies and their conclusions: Nomura et al., of scans conducted and in <5 minutes in 100% of scans Ferre et al., times more attempts when adjusted for BMI Gottlieb et al., of scans conducted and in <5 minutes in 100% of scans Ferre et al., 3, 2018, pp.

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The Broselow-Luten System

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link] Lubitz DS, Seidel JS, Chameides L, Luten RC, Zaritsky AL, Campbell FW. 2012.05.028 Silvagni D, Baggio L, Mazzi C, et al. doi:10.1111/1742-6723.12389 Zhu S, Zhu J, Zhou H, et al. 2019 Jan;22(1):147-156. x exp[0.02 and Seaver, M. Available at: [link] (Accessed: 27 October 2023). Rosenberg, M.S. 2010.06.187.

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Imported Malaria

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PMID: 34748988 Conroy AL, Hawkes M, Elphinstone RE, Morgan C, Hermann L, Barker KR, Namasopo S, Opoka RO, John CC, Liles WC, Kain KC. PMID: 27186577 Conroy AL, Opoka RO, Bangirana P, Idro R, Ssenkusu JM, Datta D, Hodges JS, Morgan C, John CC. 2019; 17: 98. 2019; 47(2): 183–193. Pediatr Clin N Am 69 (2022) 47–64.

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Neurogenic Shock in Children

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Tenenbein M, Macias CG, Sharieff GQ, et al, eds. McGraw Hill Education; 2019:104-109 Dave S, DAHLSTROM JJ. Tenenbein M, Macias CG, Sharieff GQ, et al, eds. McGraw Hill Education; 2019:125-138 Ziu E, Mesfin FB. They may even need atropine and/or pacing for persistent bradycardia. References Coleman-Satterfield, TT.

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