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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

RebelEM

I recently gave a talk on the initial management of trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock. Clinical Take Home Point: In patients with TBI and hypovolemic shock, target a SBP or MAP ≥90mmHg, but know this is based on limited evidence. vs SBP target <90mmHg which resulted in a mortality of 33.4% NEJM 1994. [2] NEJM 1994. [2]

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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. What is Shock? Shock is defined as a type of circulatory failure where lack of oxygen leads to dysfunction of vital organs. The overall goal in managing any cause of shock is to restore oxygen delivery to the organs.

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TEG-Guided Resuscitation of Patients with Cirrhosis and Non-Variceal Bleeding

RebelEM

Thromboelastography-guided transfusion decreases intraoperative blood transfusion during orthotopic liver transplantation: a randomized clinical trial. Rezaie, MD (Twitter: @srrezaie ) The post TEG-Guided Resuscitation of Patients with Cirrhosis and Non-Variceal Bleeding appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog.

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ICU Physiology in 1000 Words: The Right Atrial Pressure Does Not Determine Cardiac Output – Part 2

PulmCCM

In the second thought experiment, let us consider a patient with significant blood volume loss that is replenished with a series of blood transfusions. Operating point guided resuscitation How do we make sense of this? The trick, I believe, lies in ‘operating point guided resuscitation’ [OPGR].

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Vasopressor Nonresponse

Northwestern EM Blog

Written by: Elizabeth Stulpin, MD (NUEM ‘23) Edited by: Aaron Wibberly, MD (NUEM ‘22) Expert Commentary by : Joshua Zimmerman, MD (NUEM ‘17) Non-Response to Vasopressors Shock is defined as a state of cellular and tissue hypoxia resulting in end organ dysfunction. And for most forms, EM physicians are not typically shocked by shock.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 96: Lower GI Bleeding

EMDocs

shock index > 1, evidence of poor systemic perfusion). In other patients who are stable and the bleeding has resolved, CTA is of low yield If they are critically ill and have severe bleeding, resuscitate first and consult IR, radiology, and surgery. Red Blood Cell Transfusion: 2023 AABB International Guidelines.

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Episode 16: “Blood”

PHEM Cast

Prehospital Blood Product Resuscitation for Trauma. Shorter times to packed red blood cell transfusion are associated with decreased risk of death in traumatically injured patients. Prehospital transfusion of plasma and red blood cells in trauma patients. Lots to think about! 2016 Jul;46(1):3–16.