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emDOCs Revamp: Alcohol Withdrawal

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2016; 83(1): 67-79. fold higher risk of NSTI than the control group 12 For those without comorbidities , AUD exhibited a 15.2-fold fold higher risk of NSTI than the control group 12 For those without comorbidities , AUD exhibited a 15.2-fold Management of drug and alcohol withdrawal. N Engl JMed. 2003; 348:1786-1795. Cleve Clin J Med.

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Rethinking Fluid Resuscitation in Vaso-Occlusive Crisis: Is Lactated Ringer’s the Superior Choice?

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The characteristics that were significantly different between the LR and NS exposure groups race, organ dysfunction at presentation, ICU admission, hemoglobin SS genotype, discharge year, and hydroxyurea use were appropriately included as confounders in the TMLE analysis.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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84 All patients with severe malaria need inpatient admission, ideally to the intensive care unit (ICU). International Monetary Fund; 2016. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2016. Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, 19902016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.

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Critical Care Evidence Updates – May 2025

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A pilot randomized controlled study Journal of Critical Care Effect of Ketamine Analgosedation on Neurological Outcome in patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study Neurocritical Care Effects of a general practitioner-led brief narrative exposure intervention on symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after (..)

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 123: Sympathetic Crashing Acute Pulmonary Edema

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Lower intubation, need for BPAP and ICU admission in bolus group (Levy 2007). 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: the task force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). versus 11.5%) and 12 hours (88.5%

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How Accurate are Blood Gas Electrolyte Measurements?

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Similar results were found for 219 paired samples from ICU patients with statistically significant but clinically meaningless differences for sodium and potassium ( Triplett 2016 ). for sodium ( Uysal 2016 ). Am J Emerg Med 2016; 34(3): 419-24. for potassium and 0.85 Acad Emerg Med 2011; 10: 1105-8.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 115: Adult Meningitis

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Harder outside of an ICU setting) Therapeutic drainage of CSF? 2016 Jun;72 (6):768-769]. Hypertonic saline: Give a bolus 250 mL of 3%. Mannitol: Give 1.5 g/kg and then place a foley to track urine output and match the output with IV fluids. Not typically done in the ED. Recurrent LP or lumbar drain thats placed by neurosurgery.

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