Recognizing autonomic dysreflexia
Your quick action ensures a good outcome. Takeaways: Autonomic dysreflexia results from a noxious stimulus, such as a distended bladder or bowel. Signs and…
Rapid Response
Pleural effusion
Early identification results in prompt diagnosis. Takeaways: Parapneumonic effusions can increase in size despite antimicrobial therapy. Nurses should be attuned to changes in pulmonary…
Atypical myocardial infarction
While Jane*, a 47-year-old woman with no significant medical history, visits her neighbor, Helen, in the hospital, Helen notes that Jane appears pale. Jane…
Amniotic fluid embolus
Immediate treatment to optimize hemodynamic function, cardiac output, respiratory support, combined with aggressive management of volume and coagulopathy, enhances maternal outcome.
Sickle cell crisis in the ED
Following the pain pathway leads to a good outcome. Takeaways: Quick action and critical thinking leads to optimal pain control for sickle cell patients…
Pediatric hypoglycemia
While watching a children’s softball game on a sunny 88° F day, you see one of the players, Mia Smith*, suddenly collapse. Mia’s mother…
Acute hypopituitarism
Your recognition of troubling signs and symptoms results in prompt diagnosis and treatment. Takeaways: Hypopituitarism is the deficient secretion of one or more pituitary…
Transurethral resection of the prostate
Quick response to postsurgical complication. Takeaways: Benign prostatic hypertrophy, if left untreated, may lead to chronic urinary retention. Medical therapy failure may warrant…
Pyelonephritis
Early identification results in a positive outcome. Candance Walker* is a 28-year-old woman who arrives in a wheelchair in the emergency department accompanied by…
Rapid Response: Hypoglycemia and chronic kidney disease
When administering insulin, closely monitor food intake and potential side effects including hypoglycemia. Chronic kidney disease can alter insulin metabolism, adding another risk factor…
Catching cauda equina in time
Michael Smith, age 45, is admitted for lumbar laminectomy revision and fusion surgery. Despite his operative blood loss of an estimated 800 mL, he’s…
Asthmatic teenager lands in the ICU
Alarming findings signal the need for noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation.
Recognizing autonomic dysreflexia
Your quick action ensures a good outcome. Takeaways: Autonomic dysreflexia results from a noxious stimulus, such as a distended bladder or bowel.…
Pleural effusion
Early identification results in prompt diagnosis. Takeaways: Parapneumonic effusions can increase in size despite antimicrobial therapy. Nurses should be attuned to changes…
Atypical myocardial infarction
While Jane*, a 47-year-old woman with no significant medical history, visits her neighbor, Helen, in the hospital, Helen notes that Jane appears…
Amniotic fluid embolus
Immediate treatment to optimize hemodynamic function, cardiac output, respiratory support, combined with aggressive management of volume and coagulopathy, enhances maternal outcome.
Sickle cell crisis in the ED
Following the pain pathway leads to a good outcome. Takeaways: Quick action and critical thinking leads to optimal pain control for sickle…
Pediatric hypoglycemia
While watching a children’s softball game on a sunny 88° F day, you see one of the players, Mia Smith*, suddenly collapse.…
Acute hypopituitarism
Your recognition of troubling signs and symptoms results in prompt diagnosis and treatment. Takeaways: Hypopituitarism is the deficient secretion of one or…
Transurethral resection of the prostate
Quick response to postsurgical complication. Takeaways: Benign prostatic hypertrophy, if left untreated, may lead to chronic urinary retention. Medical therapy failure…
Pyelonephritis
Early identification results in a positive outcome. Candance Walker* is a 28-year-old woman who arrives in a wheelchair in the emergency department…
Rapid Response: Hypoglycemia and chronic kidney disease
When administering insulin, closely monitor food intake and potential side effects including hypoglycemia. Chronic kidney disease can alter insulin metabolism, adding another…
Catching cauda equina in time
Michael Smith, age 45, is admitted for lumbar laminectomy revision and fusion surgery. Despite his operative blood loss of an estimated 800…
Asthmatic teenager lands in the ICU
Alarming findings signal the need for noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation.
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