Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2015
INITIAT-E.D.: Impact of timing of INITIation of Antibiotic Therapy on mortality of patients presenting to an Emergency Department with sepsis.
To analyse the association between time from triage to administration of initial antibiotics and mortality in all patients presenting with sepsis to a tertiary hospital ED. ⋯ Early administration of antibiotics specifically in patients with severe sepsis might be beneficial. Further studies within the ED are warranted to establish the effect of delayed antibiotics in a generalised sepsis cohort.
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Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2015
Observational StudyWeight estimation in paediatric resuscitation: A hefty issue in New Zealand.
To test the accuracy of weight estimation methods currently used in New Zealand to predict a child's weight in emergency resuscitation. ⋯ For children under 143 cm in height, the Broselow-Luten tape outperforms other weight estimation methods, accurately estimating weight in approximately three out of four children. The age-based estimation methods performed poorly overall, with variation by age and ethnicity.