Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 1, 2024

Reviews and opinion articles Use of POCUS for the assessment of dehydration in pediatric patients-a narrative review. Lung ultrasound for the sick child: less harm and more information than a radiograph. 2023 Dec 12 Pediatric Sepsis Diagnosis, Management, and Sub-phenotypes. Musolino AM, et al. Eur J Pediatr. 2023 Dec 22.

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Pediatrics Ultrasounds Blood Transfusions Sepsis 98

EMDocs

JULY 29, 2023

Transoral Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Obstructive Salivary Gland Pathologies. Ultrasound Med Biol. Other bacterial causes include anaerobic oral flora, Strep viridans, E. Other bacterial causes include anaerobic oral flora, Strep viridans, E. Other bacterial causes include anaerobic oral flora, Strep viridans, E. Rev Infect Dis.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

Vaccination: PCV13 (pneumococcal vaccination), meningococcal vaccines, and Hib conjugated vaccines are important to prevent life-threatening sepsis. Sickle cell patients also qualify to receive the annual influenza vaccine, since influenza virus infection predisposes to bacterial pneumonia and sepsis caused by S. pneumoniae and S.

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Blood Transfusions Stroke Dehydration Sepsis 126

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 17, 2023

Reviews and opinion articles Point-of-care ultrasound in pediatric nephrology. Evaluating the Impact of the 2017 Dutch Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Guideline. 2023 Jun;182(6):2735-2757 Point-of-care ultrasound to assess degree of dehydration in children: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Sethi SK, et al. 2023 Jun 15.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

More often, tachycardia with ST segment abnormalities (elevation or depression) is due to an underlying illness (PE, sepsis, hemorrhage, dehydration, hypoxia, respiratory failure, etc.). The patient was suffering from severe dehydration, possibly with sepsis. Furthermore, notice the well-formed Q-waves in inferior leads.

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PEMBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Full blown sepsis and toxic shock syndrome. If you think that there’s an abscess, you can diagnose it clinically by a localized area of induration or fluctuance or use an ultrasound. You’re concerned about SIRS or sepsis. Bilateral red limbs? That’s probably something different. Fortunately, those are rare.

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Infectious Diseases Sepsis Wellness Pediatrics 59

EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

Leakage from the staple line typically presents within the first week, but can present up to 35 days, usually with fevers, tachycardia, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting sepsis, or peritonitis. Some may present with isolated tachycardia while others may present with profound sepsis – tachycardia, hypotension, and fever. At 6 to 8 mL/kg.

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