PulmCCM

OCTOBER 16, 2023

per 1,000 central-line days between 2001 and 2009. There’s no randomized trial data to support this practice, and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC, whose recommendations CDC generally adopts) has advised against routine replacement of central lines as an infection prevention strategy.

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ACEP Now

APRIL 2, 2024

Ackee fruit poisoning: an outbreak investigation in Haiti 2000–2001, and review of the literature. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Clin Toxicol. 2006;44(3):267-73. Ajayi AM, Ayodele EO, et al. Toxicology Rep. 2019;6:656-65. Toxic hypoglycemic syndrome–Jamaica,1989-1991.

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Pediatric Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Specific testing for toxin is by an immunodiffusion assay called the Elek test which is only performed by the CDC in the U.S. To also note, thimersol was taken out of childhood vaccines in 2001, and a review of current components of vaccines can be found here. Diphtheria is a reportable disease in the U.S.

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RebelEM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

They analyzed the electronic health records of patients presenting to the ED who met modified Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sepsis surveillance criteria and received empiric treatment with either vancomycin/piperacillin-tazobactam or vancomycin/cefepime. 2001 Nov 8;345(19):1359-67. N Engl J Med. PMID: 11794168.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Open-access image reference: By Giovanni Maki, derived from a CDC image at [link] – Basáñez M-G, Pion SDS, Churcher TS, Breitling LP, Little MP, et al. Microfilariae persist in the human host for 3– 5 years, a much shorter period of time than the adult female worm. 13 Figure 1. volvulus life cycle. PLoS Med 3(9): e371. Image source: 1.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

IgG Predominant with low IgM and absent IgA CSF VDRL is the gold standard test and the only non-treponemal test recommended by the CDC [4] The test lacks sensitivity (27-98.3%); the specificity is somewhere between 74-100% [17] Visibly blood-stained CSF should not be used for assessment. stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79370 Marra CM.

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