Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

DeBoer 2020] Now seen as industry standard in pediatric emergency care. Broselow-Luten System: Supportive Data Physician estimates of weight can underdose children by 49% or overdose by up to 116%. Initially tested in Johannesburg, South Africa: 1 month old to 12 years old Broselow predicted within 10% of weight in 63.6%

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EMDocs

JANUARY 17, 2024

She received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and standard advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS). 1) There are a limited number of antitussives on the US market which include benzonatate, codeine, dextromethorphan, diphenhydramine, and hydrocodone. What are the treatment options for a benzonatate overdose?

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NAEMSP

JANUARY 5, 2023

Background Despite conflicting literature to support some pharmacological therapies in out of hospital cardiac arrest, the American Heart Association (AHA) currently recommends obtaining vascular access intravenously or intraosseously in cardiac arrest. [1] 1] Table from Hamam et al. 9] Figure from Clemency et al.

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

2020) thus lending itself to a potential drug for cardiac arrest. This CI does include 1; and further and further analysis of the data showed that the likelihood that calcium has a beneficial effect (e.g. 2020), but IV Calcium is still used routinely in some cases in the critical care setting, such as congenital heart disease.

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REBEL EM

MARCH 13, 2023

What They Did: Two researchers performed a systematic review and meta-analysis following the PRISMA and CHARMS guidelines They collected articles using Embase, Medline ALL via Ovid, Web of Science Core Collection, and Google Scholar published between 1995-2020. 2008 Apr 22;178(9):1141-52. 2020 Sep;220(3):783-786. 1.21; p=0.006).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

He was started on Extracorporeal Life Support ("VA ECMO") Here is the ECG on ECMO: Very low voltage On Day 3, the EF recovered (that seems quick!) He remained supported on an intraaortic balloon pump. Here they are: Learning Points: 1. But we diagnose myocarditis at our peril. Angiogram was negative.

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AAEM RSA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Douglas, MD; Taylor Conrad, MD, MS; Theodore Segarra, MD; Christianna Sim, MD, MPH Editors: Kelly Maurelus MD FAAEM, Kami Hu MD FAAEM Originally published: Common Sense July/August 2020 Introduction The ability to obtain good neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest is often limited. Kirkegaard H, Soreide E, de Haas, I et al.

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