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Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring in Critically Ill Adults?

REBEL EM

IABP vs NIBP Concordance & MAP Cutoffs ≤55mmHg: 62% 65 to 75mmHg: 67% >75mmHg: 71% Strengths: Largest evaluation of agreement between NIBP and IABP in critically ill patients Included patients were typical of an ICU population (i.e. to 1.12; p = 0.03 for every change in 5ug/min Lower MAP Value: aOR 0.98; 95% CI 0.98 to 1.09; p = 0.01

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An EM Resident’s Guide to Basic Airway Management

Core EM

Bend the stylet Unless youre a lunatic who likes surprises during critical care procedures, you should bend your own stylet. Our esteemed MICU colleagues have endorsed this opinion) How about asthma? ” Australian Critical Care 20.4 ” American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 151.1

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