Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

He has already climbed Ben Nevis in Scotland, visited the Gobi desert (possibly from the comfort of his parents 4 x 4, but who’s judging) and has his bronze D of E nailed. She calls out her findings: A – OK B – 1 puncture mark to the anterior left chest wall, covered with a three-sided dressing. Actively oozing.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 17, 2024

The team sits down for a hot debrief once the patient is stabilised and transferred to the ICU. Here are ten things to think about: 1. Churruca K, Pavithra A, McMullan R, Urwin R, Tippett S, Cunningham N, Loh E, Westbrook J. 2022 May 12;46(3):319-24. 2014 Jun 26;23(12):653-9. 2020 Jan 1;35(1):70-6.

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Broome Docs

MARCH 28, 2024

2022 Feb;52:85-91. PMID: 34890894 Myth 1: Kayexalate is safe and useful. 2024 Jan 2;53(1):afad255. Yerke JR, Mireles-Cabodevila E, Chen AY, Bass SN, Reddy AJ, Bauer SR, Kokoczka L, Dugar S, Moghekar A. Casey wrote a protocol for peripheral noradrenaline 9 years ago… in 2015! Am J Emerg Med. 2021.11.030.

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REBEL EM

OCTOBER 5, 2023

1-6 We now have the Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Evaluation of Corticosteroids (CAPE COD) Trial. ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02517489 7 Clinical Question: In adult patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia admitted to the ICU, does early hydrocortisone treatment, compared to standard therapy, reduce mortality at 28 days?

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Secondary outcome analysis showed there was no difference in length of hospital stay, ICU stay, or duration of oxygen therapy. The bottom line is: Early high-flow nasal cannula oxygen started in the ED resulted in a longer length of hospital stay than standard oxygen therapy in children aged 1 – 4 with respiratory failure.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 5, 2022

He was admitted to the ICU and transferred emergently to a facility where he could undergo emergent dialysis as a part of further evaluation and management. The 2 Questions that I would ask would be: Question #1: In the absence of any history — What are the major diagnose s suggested by the ECG in Figure-1 ? What is it?

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Introduction Arterial blood gas (ABG) or venous blood gas (VBG) testing is used to assess the pH and systemic carbon dioxide tension in patients, and, therefore, provide a more complete picture of their acid-base status than an isolated basic metabolic panel (BMP) (1). However, ABGs have many drawbacks compared to VBGs.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This was based on studies that demonstrated qSOFA was more specific but less sensitive than its counterparts (Table 1). 1 Since 2021, attempts to identify a single screening tool with optimal sensitivity and specificity to predict which patients will develop sepsis or septic shock have been ongoing.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2024

1 Indications for transplant include: Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (49%) Ischemic cardiomyopathy (35%) Restrictive cardiomyopathy (4%) Retransplantation following failed prior transplant (3%) Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (3%) Congenital heart disease (3%) Valvular cardiomyopathy (3%) The median survival after heart transplant is over 12 years.

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EMDocs

JUNE 27, 2024

Abdomen : ND, NT, no guarding or rebound MSK : Tenderness to palpation over L ribs 7-9 Derm : No rashes Imaging: Image 1: Case courtesy of Miriam Leiderer, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 81468 Chest radiograph (CXR) shows new left lower lobe opacity What’s most likely diagnosis? C or 100.4 mg/kg, max 0.4 C or 100.4 mg/kg, max 0.4

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REBEL EM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

What They Did: Investigators performed a retrospective cohort study in the Emergency Department at the University of Michigan between July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2018. Imbalances Between Treatment Groups : ICU Admissions : Higher in piperacillin-tazobactam (33% vs. 30%). 9 Instrumental Variable Analysis? vs. 52.2%).

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

He reported having a COVID-19 infection 3 weeks ago but felt better 1-2 weeks ago. The most appropriate disposition for this patient is admission to an ICU due to increasing oxygen requirements, high mortality rates of IPA, and IDSA recommendation for bronchoscopy with lavage/tissue sampling. mortality: 42-63% 5 Invasive Candida spp.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 24, 2025

While no paediatric studies have confirmed this, the DICE trial ( D exmedetomidine in I nfants undergoing C ooling for Neonatal E ncephalopathy) is underway. Dexmedetomidine is currently licensed only for adult sedation in an ICU setting, but guidelines exist to support its off-licence use in paediatric intensive care (PICU).

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 31, 2025

Article 1: Should we rely on WBC to predict serious bacterial infection in children? It was an observational multi-center study including >17,000 febrile children aged 0-18 across 12 European EDs over 1 year. A raised WBC count >1510^9/L count was significantly associated with SBI (aOR of 1.5, 2023 Nov;7(1):e002094.

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Core EM

JANUARY 16, 2025

Success at intubation likely takes more time and practice than other procedures, as shown in recent research on ED residents and their success rate at intubating, measured as a function of their total number of intubations (See Figure 1). This is reassuring as the uvula points towards the epiglottis (See figure 19) E.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

ED Evaluation Transport to the ED from the refugee reception center takes 1 hour. g/dL, thrombocytopenia of 96 10 9 /L, prothrombin time (PT) of 16.1 Background: Refugees on the Rise As of 2022, it was estimated that there were 35.3 1 By the end of 2023, 117.3 seconds (normal 30-40 seconds), creatinine of 3.11

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