Very interesting times for critical care practitioners.... Ramon L. Añel, MD Critical Care & Nephrology Gig Harbor WA
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 21, 2014, at 6:48 AM, "Kramer, George C." <[email protected]> wrote: > > I look forward to comments on the NEJM that shows no benefit to EGDT or even > use of Sepsis protocols in the ED. Are any of the investigators on the > Sepsisgroups.org email list? I am sure some of the leaders of the SSC have > some opinions. > > ARE PROTOCOLS DEAD? > > > http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1401602 > > g > > From: Mary Draper <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014 4:32 PM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Hypoglycemia > > Interesting, we have not found hypoglycemia in our severe sepsis patient > population. > >> Mary Draper RN BSN CCRN >> Quality Manager-Best Practice Support >> Quality Management Supervisor >> Office (925) 674-2045 >> Cell (925) 451-8792 >> Fax (925) 674-2373 >> [email protected] > > > On Mar 20, 2014, at 12:10 PM, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In a recent review of some of our sepsis records, we found a group of >> patients who had profoundly low blood sugars (11-40). I don’t hear much >> about hypoglycemia in Sepsis as much as hyperglycemia. We are curious how >> other hospitals are looking at this and what the plan of care is when this >> occurs. Is it part of your sepsis bundles to check blood sugars? Only in >> diabetics? How do you treat and follow up?? Thanks in advance, >> >> Susan McKinney, RN >> Susan McKinney >> Clinical Quality Coordinator- >> -Sepsis-VTE >> Clinical Effectiveness Team >> [email protected] >> 605-484-7381 Cell >> 605-755-4428-please note new number >> >> Regional Health's mission is to provide and support health care excellence >> in partnership with the communities we serve. >> >> Note: The information contained in this message, including any attachments, >> may be privileged, confidential, or protected from disclosure under state or >> federal laws . If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, >> or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the >> intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, >> distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If >> you have received this communication in error, please notify the Sender >> immediately by a "reply to sender only" message and destroy all electronic >> or paper copies of the communication, including any attachments. >> _______________________________________________ >> Sepsisgroups mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
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