Don't Forget the Bubbles
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
What is Shock? Shock is defined as a type of circulatory failure where lack of oxygen leads to dysfunction of vital organs. There are many types of shock which may affect children, and management is specific to the type of shock. The overall goal in managing any cause of shock is to restore oxygen delivery to the organs.
The Trauma Pro
JUNE 18, 2024
All of the trauma professionals are busy with the patient and are rudely surprised when they ask for the first unit of blood. The ABC score and the shock index are two of the more common methods. A score greater than or equal to one predicts at least a 2x higher need for blood. But what about children?
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University of Maryland CC Project
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Chee Chan, a Pulmonary Critical Care physician and Medical Director of the Medical Intermediate Care Unit at MedStar Washington presents an interactive discussion on shock as part of the DC5 lecture series.
ALiEM
MAY 29, 2023
If left untreated, it can lead to significant blood loss, shock, airway obstruction, and even death. Because he presumably had uremia-induced thrombasthenia (weak platelets), he received blood transfusions and IV TXA. Unfortunately, the bleeding still continued. And still — he continued bleeding heavily.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
JANUARY 10, 2024
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.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
JULY 5, 2023
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. In these cases, repeat the Hb electrophoresis three months after the last blood transfusion. Would you consider this patient for blood transfusion?
Pediatric EM Morsels
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
This is otherwise known as Blackwater fever (Forgie 2022) Severe Malaria laboratory findings include acute kidney injury , hyperbilirubinemia , hemoglobinuria , severe anemia, hypoglycemia, lactic acidosis , and hyperparasitemia (Forgie 2022) Severe Malaria is almost entirely attributed to infection with P.
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