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Are we on the right TRACT? 

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Transfusion Decisions in Severe Anaemia Reducing child mortality remains high on the global health agenda. Let’s take the humble blood transfusion – used in emergency departments across the globe and playing a key role in critical care. However, there is a huge variation in transfusion practice globally.

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Sickle Cell Disease Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Furthermore, educating both patients and their families is important in order to achieve good treatment compliance and better clinical outcomes. Be careful if the patient has received a recent blood transfusion since it may be misinterpreted as sickle cell trait instead of sickle cell disease. pneumoniae and S.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Vasoactive Drug use in Children with Septic Shock

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Four-year-old Ed is being resuscitated for presumed Invasive Group A Streptococcal Sepsis from tonsilitis. In middle-to-high-income countries, after 40-60ml/kg of fluid resuscitation, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines recommend using vasoactive drugs. After 40ml/kg of IV 0.9% The CRT is unchanged.

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Bubble Wrap PLUS – January 2024

Don't Forget the Bubbles

2023 Dec 12 Pediatric Sepsis Diagnosis, Management, and Sub-phenotypes. Outcomes From a Randomized Clinical Trial. Two-Year Autism Risk Screening and 3-Year Developmental Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants. Hemoglobin Threshold for Blood Transfusion in Young Children Hospitalized with Iron Deficiency Anemia.

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Episode 21- Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock

EB Medicine

This month, we’ll be talking Updates and Controversies in the Early Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock. We have a special episode for you this month… We’ve brought Dr. Jeremy Rose, one of the peer reviewers, and a sepsis expert, on with us to talk through the content this month. Jeff : Sepsis chair. Sepsis-3!!

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Vasopressor Nonresponse

Northwestern EM Blog

Acidosis Acidosis in shock states can present from multiple different sources, including sepsis, hypoxemia, ingestions, hyperlactatemia from hypoperfusion, amongst others. Those at higher risk of hypocalcemia (vitamin D deficiency, ESRD, hyperparathyroidism, burns, multiple blood transfusions, etc.) Understanding adrenal crisis.

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Grand Rounds Recap 5.3.23

Taming the SRU

then need further evaluation Usually with CTA imaging If normal physical exam & ABI>0.9,