How to use POCUS to aid in the diagnosis of necrotizing soft tissue infections in the ED.
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Tagged ‘Septic Shock’
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Ultrasound Diagnosis of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
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Push-Dose Pressors
A brief video reviewing how to prepare and administer push-dose epinephrine and push-dose phenylephrine.
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Petition to Retire the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines
This post is a multi-physician, multi-specialty petition detailing significant concerns with the surviving sepsis campaign guidelines.
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Journal Review
Utility of quick sepsis-related organ failure assessment (qSOFA) to predict outcome in patients with pneumonia
Pneumonia, an acute infection of the pulmonary parenchyma, is a disease that commonly presents to US Emergency Departments, with an incidence as high as 9.7 per 1000 persons in developed countries.
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The Vitamin C, Thiamine and Hydrocortisone Cocktail in Sepsis
While early recognition and treatment of sepsis has improved outcomes, mortality rates continue to be high. In low income countries, septic patients suffer mortality rates as high as 60%. Sepsis has been associated with vitamin c deficiency,
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Surviving Sepsis 2017 Guidelines Overview
This post review the updates in the new surviving sepsis 2017 guidelines.
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Dopamine vs. Epinephrine in Pediatric Septic Shock
Background: Patients with fluid refractory septic shock should be treated with vasoactive medications to improve perfusion. It has become widely accepted in recent years to use norepinephrine as the first-line vasopressor in adults with septic shock.
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