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Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring in Critically Ill Adults?

REBEL EM

In shocky patients, arterial lines are often used to monitor hemodynamic parameters and inform treatment decisions. Many of these patients are started on vasopressor and inopressor medications to assist in efforts to normalize blood pressure to help improve organ perfusion. which was not statistically significant [2]. to 1.12; p = 0.03

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The EvK Trial: Ketamine vs Etomidate for Rapid Sequence Intubation

REBEL EM

There was no information on the proportion of patients experiencing cardiovascular collapse before induction of anesthesia. There was no information on the proportion of patients experiencing cardiovascular collapse before induction of anesthesia. In contrast, patients in the ketamine arm had higher rates of MICU admissions.

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An EM Resident’s Guide to Basic Airway Management

Core EM

You may glean some very useful information in just a moment that could greatly affect your intubation technique or preparation. Our esteemed MICU colleagues have endorsed this opinion) How about asthma? You should practice this airway evaluation every time on your OR patients and ED procedural sedation patients. or maximum 8.5

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