EMDocs

JANUARY 13, 2024

sodium chloride) reduced acute kidney injury and improved other outcomes in these pediatric patients with septic shock. Source Multiple Electrolytes Solution Versus Saline as Bolus Fluid for Resuscitation in Pediatric Septic Shock: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial. Crit Care Med. 2023 Nov 1;51(11):1449-1460. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005952.

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RebelEM

JUNE 12, 2024

Background and Physiology Shock secondary to beta-blocker (BB) or calcium-channel blocker (CCB) toxicity bears a tremendous degree of morbidity and mortality. 1 Recall that cardiac output is a function of both stroke volume and heart rate. 1 Recall that cardiac output is a function of both stroke volume and heart rate.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2016

Do we recognize shock early enough? World wide, shock is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children, mostly for failure to recognize or to treat adequately. So, what is shock? Simply put, shock is the inadequate delivery of oxygen to your tissues. How do we prioritize our interventions? Pericardial Effusion?

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Taming the SRU

JANUARY 26, 2024

Morbidity & MOrtality - Mini Lit Blitz - Post-Rosc Care - Qi/KT Morbidity & Mortality WITH Dr. Yates Case 1: Stroke and Stroke Mimics Early diagnosis of stroke improves stroke outcomes, where misdiagnosis is associated with an upwards of 4-time higher likelihood of mortality Missed strokes most often occur with atypical symptoms, in younger (..)

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Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

JUNE 13, 2024

Difficulty speaking Sudden speech difficulties, weakness, or numbness could be an emergency medical warning sign of a stroke. Major issues like stroke, internal bleeding, low blood sugar levels, and sudden drops in blood pressure could all accompany this warning sign. These also require emergency medical intervention at the earliest.

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RebelEM

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The STREAM-1 trial found that for [2] patients with STEMI presenting within 3 hours of symptom onset and unable to attain PCI within 1 hour of first medical contact, a pharmaco-invasive strategy resulted in similar rates of death, shock, heart failure, or reinfarction compared to primary PCI. Primary PCI: 95.7% Primary PCI: 95.7%

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RebelEM

MAY 18, 2023

Background: IV fluids are part of the standard resuscitation bundle in septic shock, however it is unclear if they provide a significant benefit. The goal of the trial was to see if early vasopressors improved shock control by 6 hours. This resulted in better shock control by 6hrs (76.1% Read more

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 5, 2023

For instance, in the FOURIER trial, the super-expensive PCSCK9 inhibitor, evolocumab, reduced a primary composite outcome (CV death, MI, Stroke, unstable angina, coronary revascularization) vs placebo. We call this acute ischemic stroke or AIS. We are shocked at the response this newsletter has achieved. A brief word of thanks.

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Taming the SRU

JUNE 3, 2024

Susan Wilcox Increasing regionalization due to: Growth of specialty centers Increasing development of healthcare systems Hub-and-spoke models Development of ECMO, trauma, transplant, and stroke centers The higher the acuity of the centers, the higher the acuity of the patient that needs to get there.

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PulmCCM

JULY 10, 2023

In the MERCY trial, 607 critically ill patients with sepsis (most with septic shock) at 26 hospitals in Croatia, Italy, Kazakhstan, and Russia were randomized to receive meropenem by either continuous (3 g / 24 hours) or intermittent administration (1 g every 8 hours). However, the practice has not been supported by randomized trials.

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Taming the SRU

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Hemorrhagic shock is the most common etiology of instability in trauma and should always be highest on the differential. Posterior circulation stroke Patients with posterior strokes will likely have a low NIH. Workup with a negative troponin and EKG reliably rules out BCI. Ambulation is key during physical exam.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

He was unidentified and there were no records available After 7 shocks, he was successfully defibrillated and brought to the ED. No wall motion abnormality Decreased left ventricular systolic performance, severe Left ventricular enlargement, marked Dilated cardiomyopathy severe Est. stroke volume 52 cc at HR 70 = 3.64

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The CT scan reveals a hemorrhage in the right internal capsule, suggestive of acute hypertensive hemorrhagic stroke. 2022 guideline for the management of patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Symptoms began just prior to presentation.

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University of Maryland CC Project

JUNE 16, 2023

The first annual Mid-Atlantic Neurocritical Care Symposium will bring together experts from The University of Maryland/Shock Trauma Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, INOVA, Christiana Care, and beyond to discuss the basics of caring for critically ill neurological patients, as well as highlight recent innovations in the field.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

AUGUST 1, 2020

Heat illness and heat stroke. Hyperthermia. In: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Baren JM, Rothrock SG, Brennan JA, Brown L (Eds), Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia 2008. Jardine DS. Pediatr Rev 2007; 28:249.

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JournalFeed

MARCH 26, 2022

Epi vs. NorEpi Spoon feed: Continuous epinephrine infusion for post-resuscitation shock in out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) was associated with both higher all-cause and cardiovascular specific mortality when compared to norepinephrine. Check out journalfeed.org for details.

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AED Leader

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Atrial fibrillation increases the risk of blood clots, strokes, heart failure, and other heart-related complications. It’s essential to note that atrial flutter also carries a potential risk of stroke. Administering an electric shock to the heart in cases of ventricular fibrillation increases the patient’s chance of survival.

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Stop and Think

JANUARY 9, 2022

When someone presents in shock because of AV block and a low heart rate, you place a pacemaker. Anticoagulant drugs given to patients with atrial fibrillation reduce the odds of a future stroke. Same for anticoagulants in AF; if we anticoagulated all patients with AF, we would prevent lots of strokes. You fix it. But…But.

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Stop and Think

MARCH 28, 2023

In the course of investigating this benign condition, the patient suffers a stroke from a coronary angiogram. Had this person never seen a doctor, or had no prevention efforts, she would have avoided a stroke. A person comes in for a yearly physical exam and is found to have an asymptomatic irregular heartbeat.

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ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2024

This should be suspected in patients with intraoperative cardiac arrest or shock. However, only one case—a patient who decompensated during her procedure and suffered a stroke but ultimately survived to hospital discharge—was presumed to be attributable to PFE.

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Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

for detecting major injuries Abnormal CXR Rapid deceleration mechanism Presence of a distracting injury Chest wall tenderness Sternal/thoracic spine/scapular tenderness There are limited decision-making rules for thoracic spine imaging Yet a study (Inaba et al., 2015) reported a sensitivity of 98.9%

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 10, 2020

MACE= Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event: including re-infarction, stroke, dysrhythmia, heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and death. MACE= Major Adverse Cardiovascular Event: including re-infarction, stroke, dysrhythmia, heart failure, cardiogenic shock, and death. Part 2 : Why do we care? Patterns to know… Troponin.

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EM Curious

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

CUTTING EDGE ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE CARE [LECTURE]: Dr. Melissa Motta, a neuro-critical care expert breaks down current best practice in acute ischemic stroke in an excellent talk at Maryland CC Project. Rob Orman breaks down this topic on ER Cast to help us better understand the evidence and demystify this issue.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2019

When the physicians approached him, he was ashen, diaphoretic, and appeared in shock. Why is the patient in shock? He was in profound cardiogenic shock. Although the shock is no doubt partly a result of poor pump function, with low stroke volume, especially of the RV, it should be compensated for by tachycardia.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

SGEM#88 : Shock Through the Heart (Ottawa Aggressive Atrial Fibrillation Protocol) * SGEM#133 : Just Beat It (Atrial Fibrillation) with Diltiazem or Metoprolol? Background: Atrial fibrillation is the most commonly encountered significant dysrhythmia in the emergency department (1). We have covered this topic a number of times on the SGEM.

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Downeast Emergency Medicine

APRIL 26, 2021

MI or stroke). When looking at the subgroups with severe shock, there was an 18.5% When stratifying TXA administration time after injury and qualifying shock incidence, there appeared to be a lower 30 d mortality if TXA was given within 1 hour of the incident. DOES TXA IMPROVE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH TBI?

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PulmCCM

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Sepsis, infectious disease Managing septic shock with a restrictive-fluids approach (preferentially using vasopressors after a single liter crystalloid bolus) led to similar outcomes as the usual practice of bolusing large volumes of fluids first. Either approach in severe sepsis with shock seems reasonable.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 17, 2024

PFA destroys myocardium with electricity (shocks). Every “application” is actually a shock. Stroke occurred in 7 patients (0.12%). PFA is especially concerning because the shocks in the left atrium create intense microbubbles. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

However, between four and five percent of cases of VT or VF will be refractory to standard management, with nonperfusing arrhythmia persisting despite repeated shocks. Initial guidelines defined “refractory” as VT or VF occurring despite three shocks from a cardiac defibrillator. amiodarone or lidocaine). References Tsao CW, et al.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

Tracheoinnominate fistula: acute bleeding and hemorrhagic shock due to a trachea-innominate artery fistula. Tracheo-innominate artery fistula after stroke. The anatomical basis for post tracheostomy innominate artery ruptures. Laryngoscope. 1998;98:1061-64. Khanafer A, Hellstern V, Meissner H, et al. CVIR Endovasc. 2021;4(30):1-4.

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EB Medicine

AUGUST 6, 2019

Nachi: Specifically, we’ll be focusing on the use of DOACs for the indications of stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and the treatment and prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolisms. Jeff: Rivaroxaban, trade name Xarelto, the second FDA approved DOAC, is used for stroke prevention in those with nonvalvular afib and VTE treatment.

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Mind The Bleep

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Lung perfusion can be decreased by pulmonary hypertension, high pulmonary vascular resistance, massive pulmonary embolus (very rare in neonates), air embolism, shock with reduced blood flow and bronchopulmonary dysplasia with pulmonary hypertension. Monitor haemodynamics through heart rate, urine output and lactate and pulse pressure.

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Taming the SRU

MAY 3, 2023

During the admission, she completed a course of broad-spectrum antibiotics and as the underlying shock state improved, she was also weaned off all vasopressor support. For a complete discussion of cardiogenic shock and right ventricular failure, please see this other Air Care Series post on the subject.

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Taming the SRU

MAY 1, 2023

Exertional Hyperthermia Patients with heat stroke will present with Temp > 104, AMS, or seizures. EMS was bagging him on arrival Primary notable for Compromised Airway Protection, bilateral Breath sounds, strong pulses,GCS 3 CT images of Head, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis, and Spine No acute findings pH of 6.75

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The Trauma Pro

APRIL 23, 2024

These indicate a high risk for deeper injury and consist of the following: Vascular signs Refractory shock Pulsatile or difficult-to-control hemorrhage Large or expanding hematoma Audible bruit or palpable thrill (I hardly ever see anyone actually check the neck for these, so brush up your skills!) Hard signs.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

We designed a step-up protocol in which shocks at 50, 100, 200, 300, and 360 J were used for transthoracic cardioversion. One hundred patients who had had atrial fibrillation for a mean (±SD) of 117±201 days were randomly assigned to undergo transthoracic cardioversion with or without pretreatment with 1 mg of ibutilide.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 21, 2023

Pediatric adjusted reverse shock index multiplied by Glasgow Coma Scale as a prospective predictor for mortality in pediatric trauma. Fun fact for animal lovers!- cats and dogs have their own GCS scores [Lapsley 2019, Ash 2018] Moral of the Morsel Modified can make it Merrier! 2008 Apr;39(4):1347-8. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.498345.

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