Posts Tagged sepsis
Posted by Scott D. Weingart, MD FACEP in Critical Care on December 20th, 2010
When an ED starts providing advanced care for severe sepsis, lactate testing is an absolute requirement. Lactate use brings up a lot of questions, especially if it is not commonly ordered in your department. In this podcast, I discuss all of the lactate questions that have come up in the course of the NYC Sepsis Collaborative.
b-agonists, catecholamines, hyperlactatemia, lactate, lactic acid, lactic acidosis, metabolic acidosis, sepsis, septic shock
Severe CNS Infections
Posted by Scott D. Weingart, MD FACEP in Critical Care on July 13th, 2010
Severe CNS Infections are time dependent diagnoses! You must have a high index of suspicion, a good plan for your work-up, and rapid provision of treatment. After seeing a severely ill meningitis patient, I figured I would do a podcast on some tips and pearls on this topic.
antibiotics, encephalitis, herpes encephalitis, lactate, lumbar puncture, meningitis, meningoencephalitis, sepsis