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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Sepsis , Shock

Critical Care Alert: Methylene Blue in Septic Shock

7/6/2023 Emily D. Geyer, MD , Mustafa Rasheed, MD , Evan McMurray, MD
Can methylene blue play a role in treating your patient with septic shock? This randomized control trial shows earlier vasopressor discontinuation and shorter ICU and hospital lengths of stay - but no
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Sepsis , Shock

Critical Care Alert: Effectiveness of Fludrocortisone and Hydrocortisone vs. Hydrocortisone Alone Among Patients with Septic Shock

6/26/2023 Gabriel Colon, MD , Evan McMurray, MD
In a recent study, fludrocortisone added to hydrocortisone was associated with increased hospital survival, shorter hospital lengths of stay, and decreased vasopressor duration when compared to hydroc
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , Trauma , Shock

Critical Care Alert: ETCO2 as a Predictor of Patient Outcomes

8/15/2022 Brittney I. Gordon, MD , Mustafa Rasheed, MD , Taylor Miller, MD
Critical Care Alert: The triage of patients in the trauma bay is difficult, and no single measurement or vital sign will provide sufficient information for mortality. This study indicates ETCO2 - a co
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , Shock

Critical Care Alert: 2 Studies Shed Light on Efficacy, Effects of Peripheral IVs for Vasopressors

2/8/2021 Jonathan Pickos, DO , Brian Sumner, MD
Two recent papers offer insight into the use of peripheral IVs to administer vasopressors. Will these studies change your practice for critically ill patients in the emergency department?
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Critical Care , Critical Care Alert , Shock

Critical Care Alert: Fluid Overload and Mortality in Adult Critical Care Patients

11/30/2020 Brian Sumner, MD , Sean M. Hickey, MD
Fluid overload has not been clearly defined in the critical care arena. In situations where patients have renal, cardiac, and pulmonary dysfunction, commonly seen in the ICU, large volume fluid therap
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Cardiology , Shock

Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

10/10/2019 Vase Bari, MD , B. Bryan Graham, DO
About 1 in 5 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy will develop atrial fibrillation. Here's how to clue in to this underlying cause of the dysrhythmia when a patient presents to you in the ED.
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Critical Care , Sepsis , Shock , Deep Dive in CritCare

Deep Dive into the Evidence: Steroids in Septic Shock

2/5/2019 Sean M. Hickey, MD , Susannah Empson, MD , Emily Gillespie , Meghan Gorski, DO , Yanika Wolfe, MD
The use of exogenous steroids in septic shock is a controversial issue with inconsistent data on mortality to date. Several studies examine sepsis treatment. What does the evidence show?
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Risk Management Pitfalls , Medico Legal , Clinical , Critical Care , Shock

Diagnosing and Managing Shock

6/15/2015 EM Resident
Diagnosing and Managing Shock From the March 2014 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice, “Diagnosis and Management of Shock in the Emergency Department.” Reprinted with permission. To access your EMRA
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Clinical , Critical Care , Shock

Comparison of Dopamine and Norepinephrine in the Treatment of Shock

4/12/2015 Christina Chien, MD
Comparison of Dopamine and Norepinephrine in the Treatment of Shock This Critical Care Alert from EMRA's Critical Care Division did not appear in the print version of EM Resident Magazine. Learn more

#FOAMed and External Sources

Capillary Refill & Shock

Pediatric EM Morsels 04/29/2017

Hypotension: Differential Diagnosis

emergency medicine updates 06/22/2013

Kawasaki Disease Shock Syndrome

Pediatric EM Morsels 09/22/2017

Neurogenic Shock

ERCAST 08/18/2015
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