Downeast Emergency Medicine

MARCH 24, 2021

Illustrated below is a dehydration scale from Pediatric Dehydration to help guide management (Vega et al).[1,7] 1,7] From Vega RM, Avner JR: A prospective study of the usefulness of clinical and laboratory parameters for predicting percentage of dehydration in children. Look for red flags of severe dehydration (i.e.

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RebelEM

OCTOBER 5, 2022

mg/dL 10.5 – 12.0 mg/dL 10.5 – 12.0 mg/dL 10.5 – 12.0

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

They include neurologic dysfunction, which is one of the most common that includes things like developmental delay, regression, AKA loss of developmental milestones, hypotonia, encephalopathy, or seizures. So they’re lethargic, they might vomit, they’re hypotonic, hypothermic, they might have fever or seizures.

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Taming the SRU

MARCH 31, 2023

of emergency medicine residents report 1 or more dimensions of burnout (Lin Annals Emerg Med 2019) Moral Injury with COVID “We pushed aside our fear and frustration to focus on saving the patients in front of us; we kept our eyes open, and our feelings closed.

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EMergucate

JUNE 17, 2014

Elderly male from nursing home presents critically unwell with severe hypernatraemia following a seizure. Seizure and altered mental … Continue reading →

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Taming the SRU

APRIL 13, 2023

beta blockers decrease ability to dissipate heat through increase CO, diuretics predispose to dehydration, or anticholinergic agents can affect thermoregulation) Clinical Presentation: Temperature elevation, usually 40.5C EtOH, amphetamines, or cocaine) Prescription drugs (i.e.

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EMDocs

MARCH 11, 2024

As the disease progress the patients will experience profound dehydration and start to develops signs and symptoms such as: Rapid heart rate Loss of skin elasticity Dry mucous membranes Low blood pressure If left untreated, severe dehydration may lead to kidney failure, shock, coma, and death within hours.

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EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

Jeff: Medicinally, cannabinoids are currently used in the treatment of chronic pain syndromes, complications of multiple sclerosis and paraplegia, weight loss due to appetite suppression in HIV/aids, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, seizures, and many other neuropsychiatric disorders. Most ED visits only require a short stay.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This is sometimes misidentified as seizures. or somebody who appears pale, dehydrated, in severe pain, or worse, even in shock. And they can have Sandefur syndrome, which is the arching of the back and dystonic posturing that occurs during or after feeds as a response to discomfort from acid reflux.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MAY 1, 2017

They may get a little dehydrated, especially if mother’s milk is late to come in. Home care The neonate who is safe to go home is well appearing, and not dehydrated. Most babies with hyperbilirubinemia are dehydrated, which just exacerbates the problem. None of them became dehydrated or became sunburned. Bhutani et al.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 16, 2023

As you attempt to examine the patient, he has a generalized, tonic-clonic seizure. Clinical decision making in seizures and status epilepticus. The patient is agitated, not oriented, and becoming combative with ED staff. A 12-lead EKG shows sinus tachycardia but is otherwise normal. 1 Fever is usually < 40C. Updated 2022 Oct 24].

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 15, 2023

Signs and symptoms in this group are often non-specific and can include irritability, hypotonia, lethargy, jitteriness, temperature instability, poor feeding, vomiting, apnoea and seizures. His systemic examination is normal, apart from signs of dehydration. Physical examination: Joey is well-grown. He is lethargic but alert.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

Infections, fever, acidosis, hypoxia, dehydration and exposure to extreme temperatures can trigger VOC even though often no cause is identified. Home analgesia: Advise families at home to increase fluid intake to avoid dehydration (dehydration will prolong painful episodes). Rotavirus gastroenteritis and dehydration C.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. Also consider non-hemorrhagic volume depletion, dehydration : orthostatic vitals may uncover this [see Mendu et al. (3)]. Vasovagal syncope is generally benign.

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