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National Estimates Of Emergency Department Visits For Pediatric Severe Sepsis In The United States, Sara Singhal, Mathias W. Allen, John-Ryan Mcannally, Kenneth S. Smith, John P. Donnelly, Henry E. Wang
National Estimates Of Emergency Department Visits For Pediatric Severe Sepsis In The United States, Sara Singhal, Mathias W. Allen, John-Ryan Mcannally, Kenneth S. Smith, John P. Donnelly, Henry E. Wang
Emergency Medicine Faculty Publications
Objective. We sought to determine the characteristics of children presenting to United States (US) Emergency Departments (ED) with severe sepsis.
Study design. Cross-sectional analysis using data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). Using triage vital signs and ED diagnoses (defined by the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision codes), we identified children(triage fever or ICD-9 infection) and organ dysfunction (triage hypotension or ICD-9 organ dysfunction).
Results. Of 28.2 million pediatric patients presenting to US EDs each year, severe sepsis was present in 95,055 (0.34%; 95% CI: 0.29-0.39%). Fever and respiratory infection were the most common indicators of …
Compliance With The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Recommendations For The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bryan Kane, Linda Degutis, Helen Sayward, Gail D'Onofrio
Compliance With The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Recommendations For The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bryan Kane, Linda Degutis, Helen Sayward, Gail D'Onofrio
Bryan G Kane MD
No abstract provided.
Nitric Oxide And Its Metabolites In The Critical Phase Of Illness: Rapid Biomarkers In The Making, Asad Mian, Mayank Aranke, Nathan S. Bryan
Nitric Oxide And Its Metabolites In The Critical Phase Of Illness: Rapid Biomarkers In The Making, Asad Mian, Mayank Aranke, Nathan S. Bryan
Department of Emergency Medicine
The potential of nitric oxide (NO) as a rapid assay biomarker, one that could provide a quantum leap in acute care, remains largely untapped. NO plays a crucial role as bronchodilator, vasodilator and inflammatory mediator. The main objective of this review is to demonstrate how NO is a molecule of heavy interest in various acute disease states along the emergency department and critical care spectrum: respiratory infections, central nervous system infections, asthma, acute kidney injury, sepsis, septic shock, and myocardial ischemia, to name just a few. We discuss how NO and its oxidative metabolites, nitrite and nitrate, are readily detectable …