Background: It is well established that the rapid identification of patients with sepsis is needed in order to initiate timely care to improve morbidity and mortality. The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria have been used for some time for …
Background: It is well established that the rapid identification of patients with sepsis is needed in order to initiate timely care to improve morbidity and mortality. The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria have been used for some time for …
Recently I was asked to speak at the Texas College of Emergency Physicians (TCEP) conference April 2018. The particulars of this session were, five, 10 minute lectures on new indications for old drugs. My topic was the use of octreotide …
Background:Endotracheal intubation is a common occurrence in the ED. Many patients requiring airway management are at a higher risk of hypoxia due to deranged respiratory physiology (i.e. decreased functional residual capacity and/or increased shunt fraction). Advocates of video laryngoscopy argue …
Background: Bronchiolitis is an acute inflammatory injury of the distal smaller airways, most commonly caused by viral infections. There have been a host of medications studied in the treatment of bronchiolitis, including steroids, albuterol, epinephrine, and inhaled hypertonic saline, with …
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