Awesome discussion going on in here. I'm a bit short for time but I'll come back and address all of the questions a little later, the parents are coming to visit from out of town.
Initially we were concerned about a PE on top of an opiate OD. The main thing that didn't fit in my mind was the high ETCO2 reading.
The ER MD was also concerned about a PE, that was the main thing going through his mind as they started patient care.
Called the ER a few hours later, the patient was indeed septic with pneumonia, on top of the opiate OD.
Initially we were concerned about a PE on top of an opiate OD. The main thing that didn't fit in my mind was the high ETCO2 reading.
The ER MD was also concerned about a PE, that was the main thing going through his mind as they started patient care.
Called the ER a few hours later, the patient was indeed septic with pneumonia, on top of the opiate OD.