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SGEM#275: 10th Avenue Freeze Out – Therapeutic Hypothermia after Non-Shockable Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Laura Melville (@lmelville535) is an emergency physician in Brooklyn, New York, is a part of the New York ACEP Research Committee, ALL NYC EM, and is the NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Resident Research Director. Background: We have covered therapeutic hypothermia many times on the SGEM. Reference: Lascarrou et al.

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The Latest in Critical Care, 1/22/24 (Issue #26)

PulmCCM

Background Therapeutic hypothermia, later rebranded as targeted temperature management, became a standard post-cardiac arrest therapy for comatose patients after two 2002 NEJM trials ( n=273 and n=77 ) suggested reducing core temperature to 32°C to 34°C markedly improved neurologic outcomes and survival. Read on for details.

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ToxCard: Anticholinergic Plant Toxicity

EMDocs

3-6 Clinical Presentation: Symptoms include altered mental status, tachycardia, hyperthermia, urinary retention, mydriasis, blurred vision, dry skin, hallucinations. Anticholinergic toxicity has overlap with other toxicological causes of hyperthermia which are reviewed here: Hyperthermia in the Toxicological Setting. 2014;7:1-3.

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: The Bark with Some Bite

ALiEM

With severe toxicity, patients can have altered mental status, seizures, hyperthermia, and pulmonary edema. Phytotherapy Research. Salicylate has a direct effect on the respiratory center of the medulla causing tachypnea. Tinnitus, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain are common. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

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Grand Rounds Recap 3.20.24

Taming the SRU

Predictions scores such as the HOPE score can be used to guide treatment.

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SGEM#361: Under My Umbrella, Ella, Ella – Review of Meta-Analyses in Emergency Medicine

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AEM 2021 Guest Skeptic: Professor Daniel Fatovich is an emergency physician and clinical researcher based at Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia. AEM 2021 Guest Skeptic: Professor Daniel Fatovich is an emergency physician and clinical researcher based at Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia. Tricoci et al.

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EM@3AM: Hyperthermia

EMDocs

Broad-spectrum antibiotics (A) for septic shock are not inappropriate given the hyperthermia, tachycardia, and hypotension. Hyperthermia. As you attempt to examine the patient, he has a generalized, tonic-clonic seizure. What is your diagnosis, and what are your next steps in evaluation and management? 1 Fever is usually < 40C.