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Contributor: Travis Barlock MD
Educational Pearls:
How do you differentiate between compensated and decompensated cirrhosis?
Use the acronym VIBE to look for signs of being decompensated.
V-Volume
Cirrhosis can cause volume overload through a variety of mechanisms such as by increasing...
Published 05/06/24
Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD
Educational Pearls:
Lorazepam (Ativan) is dosed at 0.1 mg/kg up to a maximum of 4 mg in status epilepticus
Some ED protocols only give 2 mg initially
The maximum recommended dose of levetiracetam (Keppra) is 60 mg/kg or 4.5 g
In one retrospective study,...
Published 04/29/24