Can Giant Cell Arteritis Be Ruled Out in the ED?
Are there any tests that can help you with Giant Cell Arteritis?
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Serotonin Syndrome and Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: Pearls & Pitfalls
The hot, altered, and stiff patient. What do you need to consider?
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Abdominal Trauma: Is There Anything We Can Be Doing Better?
A power review of the literature on management of blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma
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Capnography in the ED
Continuous quantitative waveform capnography, also known as end-tidal carbon dioxide, PetCO2, or ETCO2, is a measurement of the partial pressure of CO2 in the exhaled breath. This technology has been around since the mid-19th century and only relatively recently has its potential in emergency medicine begun to be explored. […]
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Pediatric Sepsis Update
Sepsis is the most common cause of death in children worldwide. What is the optimal evaluation and management of pediatric sepsis?
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A #FOAMed Roadmap to Permissive Hypotension
Included below is a summary of numerous blog posts and podcasts that discuss the sometimes controversial issue of permissive hypotension or minimum volume resuscitation in the bleeding trauma patient.
The Basics
- Idea of keeping BP low in traumatic hemorrhage to avoid “popping the clot”
- Based mostly on data from animal trials and penetrating trauma in humans
- Common practice in most major trauma centers in USA
- The exact approach still remains controversial around the world
Disclaimer: These are highlights as interpreted by the author of this article and should not replace listening to the original podcast or reviewing the background research. Posts are in chronological order and many of the below podcasts go beyond the scope of permissive hypotension. […]
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End Tidal CO2 in TBI
Does End Tidal CO2 correlate with PaCO2 in Traumatic Brain Injury?
Your neurosurgeons and trauma team have accepted a transfer to your hospital for intensive management of a trauma patient who presented to a small community hospital with a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and epidural hematoma after being involved in a motorcycle accident.
Upon arrival with the critical care transport team, the patient is already intubated and stable on a a ventilator with appropriate sedation and stable hemodynamics. However, the neurosurgeons are in the operating room managing a spontaneous intraparenchymal hemorrhage and there are no available ICU beds due to multiple gun shot victims from a gang fight that you finished admitting.
While the patient is in the ED, the neurosurgeons recommend maintaining eucapnea for the patient since while there are no acute signs of herniation.(1)
Can you use the end tidal CO2(etCO2) or do you need to rely on arterial blood gas (ABG) measurements to maintain PaCO2 between 35-40 mm Hg? […]
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Adult Epiglottitis Update
A practice update on adult epiglottitis in the ED.
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