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Is there a Precedence for Precedex in the ED?

EMOttawa

Precedex (dexmedetomidine) is an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist increasingly used in critical care environments for sedation and anxiolysis. Historically, it has been used more frequently in the ICU than in Emergency Departments, likely due to provider comfort. […] The post Is there a Precedence for Precedex in the ED?

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Post-Intubation Sedation and Analgesia

Core EM

The reality of ever increasing ED volumes and longer boarding times to the ICU makes it imperative for emergency physicians to learn how to manage these critical patients. 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 ).

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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

REBEL EM

2 Finally the settings initiated early in a patient’s care are often carried forward unchanged into their hospital and ICU stay. Over the past few years, there has been an increase in emergency department (ED) volumes and lengths of stay. J Crit Care. J Crit Care. Paper: Owyang CG, et al.

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SGEM#195: Some Like It Hot – ED Temperature and ICU Survival

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Fever in the Emergency Department Predicts Survival of Patients With Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Admitted to the ICU. Critical Care Medicine 2017. Guest Skeptic: Jesse Spurr works as a Nurse Educator in the Emergency Department at Redcliffe Hospital in Australia. Critical Care Medicine 2017.

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Corticosteroids in Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia: Could CAPE COD catalyze a change in critical care management?

REBEL EM

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? Patients enrolled from 31 Intensive Care Units in France. ICU-acquired infections were observed in: 9.8%

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Brazilian Butt Lift Procedure Can Result in Emergency Department Visits

ACEP Now

Complications of Gluteal AFT The pale, prone patient with multiple surgical drains and a constrictive faja has become a common site in the Jackson Memorial Hospital Emergency Department. Nearly half of all post-AFT patients presenting to our emergency departments required admission and six percent required ICU admission.

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Ethical Issues in Interhospital Transfers of Emergency Department Patients

ACEP Now

Emergency departments (EDs) provide the essential service of evaluating patients with unscheduled, acute, undifferentiated, and decompensated conditions. Dr. Kluesner is an emergency physician in Iowa City, Iowa, at UnityPoint Health-Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Critical care medicine 40.8 PloS one 13.8