by Michael Wong, Brandon Ritcey, Shahbaz Syed | Sep 21, 2017 | Featured, Ultrasound
A female in her 70s from a nursing home with a past medical history of dementia, obesity, COPD, and CHF presents to the emergency department with a decreased level of consciousness and shortness of breath. Seven days ago she was assessed in the ER with a diagnosis of...
by Hans Rosenberg | Sep 11, 2017 | Critical Care, Infectious Disease, Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Seymour CW, et al. Journal N Engl J Med. 2017 Jun 8;376(23):2235-2244. EDITORIAL: State Sepsis Mandates – A New Era for Regulation of Hospital Quality. Hershey TB, et al. N Engl J Med. 2017 May 21. Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score:...
by emottawa | Mar 2, 2017 | Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation
Use of the term “sepsis” continues to be controversial. We understand that patients with infection can manifest an immune-mediated systemic response, and are at risk of deterioration, organ dysfunction, and death. At what point in that cascade the patient is termed...
by emottawa | Feb 27, 2017 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5/5 Keh D, et al. JAMA. 2016 Nov 1;316(17):1775-1785 Abstract Link In this multicenter placebo-controlled double-blind RCT, the authors concluded that in adults with severe sepsis,...
by emottawa | May 24, 2016 | Journal Club
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3 /5 Seymour CW, et al. JAMA. 2016 Feb 23;315(8):762-74 Abstract Link Editorial: New Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock Continuing Evolution but With Much Still to Be Done Abraham...
