Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Let us take a moment to review Typhoid Fever in children : Typhoid Fever: Basics Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi is the causative bacteria and represents 75% of cases of enteric fever (GBD 2017) Salmonella enterica serotypes Paratyphi A, B and C cause Paratyphoid fever which has clinically indistinguishable features.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 2, 2023

2017 Jun 27;10:197-207. Michelet M, Schluckebier D, Petit LM, Caubet JC. Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome – a review of the literature with focus on clinical management. J Asthma Allergy. doi: 10.2147/JAA.S100379. PMID: 28721077; PMCID: PMC5499953.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

OCTOBER 8, 2017

​ Emergency Nursing Week 2017 Throughout human existence, a need for 'emergency nursing' has always existed. No Author) (2017) Emergency Nurses Week. Whether provided by fellow warriors or caregivers in the family grouping, care for wounds and illness was an ad hoc thing. PDF ] Emergency Nurses Association. (No

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Emergency Medicine Cases

MAY 23, 2017

This is the first ever video podcast on EM Cases with Jordan Chenkin from EMU Conference 2017 discussing how to optimize three aspects of cardiac arrest care: persistent ventricular fibrillation, optimizing pulse checks and PEA arrest, with code team videos contrasting the ACLS approach to an optimized approach.

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The Trauma Pro

MAY 28, 2024

One paper from 2017 described a retrospective case series from four trauma centers. 2017 Nov;31(11):e375-e380. And thinner materials (narrow pins) result in more current and heating. Will the metal degrade image quality? Thankfully, there is a continuing trickle of evidence that is accumulating to give us some guidance.

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The Trauma Pro

JUNE 4, 2024

J Trauma 83(1):182-189, 2017. Just be aware that vented seals with drainage channels perform much better than those that rely on a one-way valve. Reference: Do vented chest seals differ in efficacy? An experimental evaluation using a swine hemopneumothorax model.

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Emergency Live

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Commemoration of the Tragic Event that Shook Italy The Remembrance of the Tragedy and its Unfolding On January 18, 2017, a devastating avalanche struck the Rigopiano Hotel, located in the municipality of Farindola, at the foot of the Gran Sasso mountain.

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Emergency Live

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In the United States, in 2017, 33% of critical care fellows and 26% of critical care physicians were women, highlighting a significant […] The post Women Anesthesiologists and Intensivists: Their Crucial Role appeared first on Emergency Live.

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The Trauma Pro

OCTOBER 3, 2023

J Clin Neurosci 45:33-39, 2017. Listed in 2017, to be completed Nov 2026. Evaluation of postoperative bracing on unstable traumatic lumbar fractures after pedicle screw fixation. Int J Burns Trauma 12(4):168-174, 2022. Is postoperative bracing after pedicle screw fixation of spine fractures necessary? NCT03097081.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

APRIL 5, 2024

However, it is often overlooked that tickborne illnesses are among the most common travel-related illnesses globally (CDC Traveller’s Health 2017). 2017 Nov 3;11(11):e0006062. We frequently ask children and their parents if they have had recent tick bites when they present for fever after a recent camping activity.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Shah 2017] In Turkey, it has a “reliable correlation.” Gültekingil-Keser 2017] Broselow out-performed age-based formulas (Theron, APLS, and Shann) in New Zealand, estimating within 10% of actual weight 73% of the time. 2017), Evaluation of the accuracy of common weight estimation formulae in a Zambian paediatric surgical population.

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PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) expanded its prior 2017 guidance, now recommending strongly that corticosteroids be given for severe community-acquired pneumonia, and also suggesting steroids for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and septic shock of any severity.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

JULY 24, 2023

Methods Prospectively collected nationwide, population-based records concerning 166 538 working-age individuals (men, 20–68 years; women, 20–62 years) with OHCA between 2017 and 2020 were assessed. Results Among 149 300 OHCA cases, 1-month survival (2020, 11.2%; 2017–2019, 11.1% (crude OR (cOR) 1.00, 95% CI 0.97

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 28, 2023

. * Acetaminophen ( Williams et al Lancet 2014) * Muscle relaxants ( Friedman et al JAMA 2015) * NSAIDs ( Machado et al Ann Rheum Dis 2017) * Steroids ( Balakrishnamoorthy et al Emerg Med J 2014) * Benzodiazepines ( Friedman et al Ann Emerg Med 2017) Many non-pharmacologic therapies have also been tried with limited efficacy.

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The Trauma Pro

JUNE 14, 2024

Am J Radiol 209:W360-@364, 2017. 2022 Sep 1;157(9):771-778. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.2770. PMID: 35830194; PMCID: PMC9280606. CT findings of traumatic bucket-handle mesenteric injuries. Multidetector CT of blunt abdominal trauma. Radiology 265(3):678–693, 2012.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

1 The availability of these services in the UK expanded in response to a 2017 budget commitment of £100 million to enhance A&E services including the colocation of on-site GP services. 1 The findings are not surprising, as they align with international experience.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 21, 2024

” I, then a 50-year-old associate professor of medicine, said those words over the phone to a friend late one night in 2017. By 2017, I had started to take a position that was uncomfortable for me, not because I didn’t believe it but because I knew it displeased others. . “I’m nervous. Why was I unsettled?

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Emergency Medicine Journal

JUNE 20, 2024

They conducted a longitudinal analysis of the average level of all cause and avoidable admissions and funding reductions between 2012 and 2017. They found that the most deprived areas had.

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PHEM Cast

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

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PHEM Cast

OCTOBER 6, 2017

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

2017 Nov 16;377(20):1943-1953. Here are three pertinent articles he has published—note the first is from NEJM. Landry CH, Allan KS, Connelly KA, Cunningham K, Morrison LJ, Dorian P; Rescu Investigators. Sudden Cardiac Arrest during Participation in Competitive Sports. N Engl J Med. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1615710.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

Background The priorities for UK emergency medicine research were defined in 2017 by a priority setting partnership coordinated by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in collaboration with the James Lind Alliance (JLA).

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Core Medical Group

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Editor's Note: This post was originally published in April 2017 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness. These 3 simple lessons will help you land the best travel nursing job ever – whether it’s your first time or fifteenth time!

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The Trauma Pro

AUGUST 29, 2023

The University of Arizona at Tucson group analyzed the Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) database on withdrawal of care from 2017-2019. Is it possible to identify the common factors that predict appropriate withdrawal of care? The authors included only patients aged 65 and older.

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Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

2017 May;66(5):1047-1081. 2017 Feb;152(3):644-647. 2017 Feb;152(3):644-647. Epub 2017 Jan 2. 2017 May;37(5):473-482. EASL Clinical Practical Guidelines on the management of acute (fulminant) liver failure. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.12.003. 2016.12.003. PMID: 28417882. Gastroenterology. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.12.026.

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ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

2017 Feb 16;376(7):663-673. 2017 Nov;17(8):1097-1104. Opioid-Prescribing Patterns of Emergency Physicians and Risk of Long-Term Use. N Engl J Med. Lyapustina T, Castillo R, Omaki E, Shields W, McDonald E, Rothman R, Gielen A. The Contribution of the Emergency Department To Opioid Pain Reliever Misuse And Diversion: A Critical Review.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

2017 Nov 16;377(20):1943-1953. Here are three pertinent articles he has published—note the first is from NEJM. Landry CH, Allan KS, Connelly KA, Cunningham K, Morrison LJ, Dorian P; Rescu Investigators. Sudden Cardiac Arrest during Participation in Competitive Sports. N Engl J Med. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1615710.

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PHEM Cast

APRIL 27, 2023

– Wiles – 2017 – Anaesthesia Blood pressure management in trauma: from feast to famine? The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fourth edition Vasopressors in Trauma: A Never Event?

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 14, 2022

These include: acetaminophen ( Williams et al Lancet 2014), steroids ( Balakrishnamoorthy et al Emerg Med J 2014) and benzodiazepines ( Friedman et al Ann Emerg Med 2017). Unfortunately, none of these other treatment modalities has high-quality evidence supporting their use.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Methods Adults (16+ years) from the UK Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) registry (January 2008–December 2017) served as surrogates for MI victims, with P1 patients identified using predefined criteria. This study employs machine learning (ML) to develop and validate models for novel primary and secondary triage tools.

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PHEM Cast

MARCH 29, 2022

Before you listen to this new podcast, we encourage you to go back and have a listen to Episode 16: Blood which we released in 2017 outlining the available evidence about prehospital blood, and the background to the RePHILL trial.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 21, 2023

See their website for more: [link] References Annual Report on Cardiothoracic Organ Transplantation 2017/2018, NHS Blood and Transplant Ashkanase A., Outcomes in Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients with Reduced Systolic Ventricular Function. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 38; 4:467 Boer den SL, et al. 266; 162-166.

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Cook County EM Blog

MAY 1, 2023

2017 Oct;53(4):475-484. 2017 Dec;45(6):781-786. Blumberg G, Long B, Koyfman A. Clinical mimics: an emergency medicine-focused review of cellulitis mimics.  J Emerg Med. Lieber SB, Fowler ML, Zhu C, Moore A, Shmerling RH, Paz Z. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of septic bursitis.  Pritchard RJ, Bodeau H, Bonson P, Borloz M.

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NIOSH Science Blog

AUGUST 29, 2022

1] Assessing Mental Health and Wellbeing Researchers evaluated data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) from 2017 to 2019.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

2017; 4:91. 2017; 50(1):60-65. Mathis E et al. Pediatric Thermal Burns and Treatment: A Review of Progress and Future Prospects. Osuka A et al. Glycocalyx shedding is anhanced by age and correlates with increased fluid requirement in patients with major burns. Sebastian R et al.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 24, 2024

2017 May 25;376(21):2011-2020. 2017 Sep;82(3):342-352. Epub 2017 Sep 11. Devinsky O, Cross JH, Laux L, Marsh E, Miller I, Nabbout R, Scheffer IE, Thiele EA, Wright S; Cannabidiol in Dravet Syndrome Study Group. Trial of Cannabidiol for Drug-Resistant Seizures in the Dravet Syndrome. N Engl J Med. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1611618.

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Emergency Medicine Journal

MAY 23, 2023

1 2 Introduced in 2017, it uses six simple. Systemic errors in the measurement of RR component could therefore negatively impact patient care if it meant a deteriorating patient did not meet the defined threshold.

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