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Podcast 185.0: Anticoagulation Reversal

Core EM

Hosts: Joe Offenbacher, MD Audrey Bree Tse, MD [link] Download Leave a Comment Tags: Anticoagulation , Critical Care , Resuscitation Show Notes Coagulation Cascade: Algorithm for Anticoagulated Bleeding Patient in the ED: Indications for Anticoagulation Reversal: References: Baugh CW, Levine M, Cornutt D, et al.

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SGEM#368: Just A Normal Saline Day in the ICU – The PLUS Study

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: June 12th, 2022 Reference: Finfer et al. Balanced Multielectrolyte Solution versus Saline in Critically Ill Adults. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aaron Skolnik is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Consultant in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona.

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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)

Core EM

Joly, 2017; Sawler, 2020) Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) (contains ADMTS-13) may be used to supplement ADAMTS-13 if there is a delay in initiating TPE in the emergency department (i.e. Decreases production of anti-ADAMTS13 antibodies by removing the B cells that mature into autoantibody-secreting plasma cells. Paydary, Koosha, et al.

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SGEM#369: Romeo is Bleeding – Does He Need a RePHILL?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: June 18th, 2022 Reference: Crombie et al. Resuscitation with blood products in patients with trauma-related haemorrhagic shock receiving prehospital care (RePHILL): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. Date: June 18th, 2022 Reference: Crombie et al. What do you advise him?

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SGEM#347: It Don’t Matter to Me – Balanced Solution or Saline

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: September 28th, 2021 Reference: Zampieri et al. Saline Solution on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: The BaSICS Randomized Clinical Trial. Date: September 28th, 2021 Reference: Zampieri et al. Saline Solution on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: The BaSICS Randomized Clinical Trial.

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Managing raised intracranial pressure in severe traumatic brain injury – the basics

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Hypertonic saline contains a higher sodium concentration than normal plasma and interstitial fluid. About PICSTAR PICSTAR is a trainee-led research network open to all doctors, nurses and allied health trainees within Paediatric Intensive Care. World J Crit Care Med. Ben Abdeljelil A, Freire GC, Yanchar N, et al.

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Maintenance Fluids in Critical Illness

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Have a look to see how their osmolarity and tonicity across the cell membrane compare to plasma. Renal (= urine output) : anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) release from the posterior pituitary is stimulated by microchanges in plasma osmolarity. Fluid Accumulation in Critically Ill Children. Crit Care Med. Ann Intensive Care.

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