In January Erika Tjostheim will be discussing sepsis and the immune response. Your memory B cells won’t forget this one!

Papers:

a) Green et al. 2008. “Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Sepsis Guidelines: the optimal management of severe sepsis in Canadian emergency departments.” Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine 10(5):443-459 (doi: 10.1017/S148180350001054X)

b) Sherwin et al. 2017. “Does Early and Appropriate Antibiotic Administration Improve Mortality in Emergency Department Patients with Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock?” The Journal of Emergency Medicine 53(4):588-595 (doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2016.12.009)

Unfortunately, this one is not open access, so you will likely need to find it through your employer, school library, etc. If you have questions or trouble please contact us!

c) Russell et al. 2008. “Vasopressin versus Norepinephrine Infusion in Patients with Septic Shock.” New England Journal of Medicine 358:877-887 (doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa067373)

d) Permpikul et al. 2019. “Early Use of Norepinephrine in Septic Shock Resuscitation (CENSER). A Randomized Trial.” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 199(9):1097-1105 (doi: 10.1164/rccm.201806-1034OC)

A zoom link for the meeting will be sent out to our mailing list a few days prior to the event.

Hope to see you all there!

Presenter: Erika Tjostheim

Erika is a Primary Care Paramedic practicing in the Calgary Zone with AHSEMS. They are currently pursuing undergraduate degrees in molecular biology, and chemistry at the University of Calgary. Erika has a passion for immunology, and is excited to pursue a career in science. In their spare time, Erika skis, climbs, and ventures around the continent in their van, chewing up data with all of their open tabs of papers to read.