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What's Your Drug Shortage Plan: Part II

Many drugs critical to patient management are showing up on national shortages (most pertinent to the ED list below).  Is your institution feeling the effects?  Do you have a drug shortage plan? In this post we will cover potential alternatives ...

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What’s Your Drug Shortage Plan: Part II

Many drugs critical to patient management are showing up on national shortages (most pertinent to the ED list below).  Is your institution feeling the effects?  Do you have a drug shortage plan? In this post we will cover potential alternatives ...

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What's Your Drug Shortage Plan: Part I

Many drugs critical to patient management are showing up on national shortages (most pertinent to the ED list below).  Is your institution feeling the effects?  Do you have a drug shortage plan? In this post we will cover potential alternatives ...

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What’s Your Drug Shortage Plan: Part I

Many drugs critical to patient management are showing up on national shortages (most pertinent to the ED list below).  Is your institution feeling the effects?  Do you have a drug shortage plan? In this post we will cover potential alternatives ...

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Acute Salicylate Toxicity, Mechanical Ventilation, and Hemodialysis

Background: Salicylates are common substances that can be purchased over the counter. They are readily available, and in the setting of an overdose, can be fatal . Initially, as salicylates are metabolized, they can induce a respiratory alklalosis. This is ...

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Toxicology

The WOMAN Trial: Early TXA in Post-Partum Hemorrhage

Background: Post-partum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide. It is typically defined as > 500 ml of blood loss within 24 hours of giving birth. However, PPH encompasses a broad spectrum of disease from mild oozing ...

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Obstetrics and Gynecology

Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST)

Definition: A life-threatening adverse reaction resulting from local anesthetic reaching significant systemic circulating levels. Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity (LAST) is rare and almost always occurs within minutes of injection of the local anesthetic. Causes: Injection of local anesthetic into the ...

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Toxicology

Episode 38 – Do All Submassive PE’s Require Treatment with Thrombolysis?

Background: There has been very little robust evidence published on the long-term outcomes of systemic thrombolysis in acute submassive PE.  Many advocate for the use of systemic thrombolysis to reduce morbidity (complications from chronic pulmonary hypertension) and mortality. The PEITHO ...

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Thoracic and Respiratory

Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

Background: Fever without source in infants less than three months old presents a difficult diagnostic dilemma for ED physicians.  Over the past 25 years several algorithms have been developed to help guide clinicians, most notably the Rochester, Philadelphia and Boston ...

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Pediatrics

Peri-Intubation Anaphylaxis

Background: Peri-operative anaphylaxis is an unexpected complication of intubation. The major life threat in anaphylaxis is typically loss of airway, however profound hypotension and circulatory collapse are still possible life threats even in the setting of a protected airway. Peri-operative anaphylaxis is ...

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