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Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: A Three-Pronged Approach

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A young woman, 13 days post-tonsillectomy, comes into your rural emergency department (ED) coughing up blood. Managing post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage in the ED can be challenging, especially in rural or resource-limited settings. Hemoptysis ED approach and management. Its going to take time to get her to a tertiary center.

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The Safety and Efficacy of Push Dose Vasopressors in Critically Ill Adults

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1-4 The PDPs, phenylephrine and epinephrine, result in vasoconstriction and increased cardiac contractility. They can be associated with side effects such as reflex bradycardia, decreased stroke volume in phenylephrine, tachycardia and hypertension associated with epinephrine.