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Diagnostics: Blood Transfusion Reactions

Taming the SRU

In the era of modern medicine, blood transfusions are commonplace, especially in the emergency department. Transfusion reactions are a spectrum of adverse events that can occur with the transfusion of whole blood or any of its components. One of the major risk factors is receiving a blood transfusion in the past.

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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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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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EM@3AM: Amniotic Fluid Embolism

EMDocs

“Markers of Inflammation and Infection in Sepsis and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation.” “Amniotic fluid embolism: diagnosis and management.” ” Am J Obstet Gynecol 215(2): B16-24. link] j.ajog.2016.03.012 2016.03.012 Patel, P., ” Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 25: 1076029619843338.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 84: Capnography

EMDocs

ETCO 2 correlates with blood pressure, lactate, and base excess in critically ill patients. Capnography has several novel uses in other disease states commonly seen in the ED such as trauma, DKA, sepsis and obstructive lung disease. Further Reading : [link] [link] References: Long B, Koyfman A, Vivirito MA.

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Bubble Wrap PLUS – January 2024

Don't Forget the Bubbles

2023 Dec 12 Pediatric Sepsis Diagnosis, Management, and Sub-phenotypes. Hemoglobin Threshold for Blood Transfusion in Young Children Hospitalized with Iron Deficiency Anemia. Point-of-care ultrasound for non-vascular invasive procedures in critically ill neonates and children: current status and future perspectives. Pediatrics.

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Tasty Morsels of Critical Care 066 | Solid Tumors in Intensive Care

Emergency Medicine Ireland

An intensive care unit admission is bad for cancer as there is a sort of immunosupression that comes about with being critically ill, leading to depletion in things like natural killer cells who were rightfully killing off cancer cells till the pneumonia, steroids and blood transfusions came along.