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Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 038 | Lung Transplantation

Emergency Medicine Ireland

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. A meandering monologue through critical care fellowship exam preparation. Oh’s Manual chapter 104 has a decent chapter on the intensive care aspects of lung transplant. Read More » Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast.

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Propofol-related Infusion Syndrome

Don't Forget the Bubbles

They concluded that propofol is safe, particularly in short-term sedation, but should be used with caution outside of the operating room, given some of the potentially severe adverse events (including PRIS) seen. Only one of these studies was undertaken in an intensive care setting, and it did not report any cases of PRIS.

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First10EM Journal Club: May 2024

Broome Docs

Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation in the Operating Room: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. Position Paper on the Reporting of Norepinephrine Formulations in Critical Care from the Society of Critical Care Medicine and European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Joint Task Force.

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SGEM#186: Apneic and the O, O, O2 for Rapid Sequence Intubation

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

As such it has enjoyed widespread adoption throughout the Emergency Medicine and Critical Care world. There have been some studies in various clinical settings (operating room, critical care and pre-hospital) that have demonstration benefit of apneic oxygenation.

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Case Report: a High-Voltage Victim

ACEP Now

In our case, the patient had a CT of the head, cervical spine, and chest, abdomen, and pelvis with intravenous contrast demonstrated a C2, C7 compression fracture with significant bowel edema (Figure 4), and was taken to the operating room for left arm disarticulation, left below knee amputation and right above knee amputation.

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The PROTECTION Trial – A Randomized Trial of Intravenous Amino Acids for Kidney Protection

REBEL EM

When only using a lab value such as creatinine, the authors are making the end-result more heavily favored to only a lab-oriented outcome.

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Cuffed Endotracheal Tubes for Children: ReBaked Morsel

Pediatric EM Morsels

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