EMDocs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Murine Typhus—United States, 2002. Clinical Infectious Diseases , vol. California Department of Public Health. Flea-Borne Typhus: Epidemiology Summary 2013-2019. Accessed August 19, 2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003;52(50):1209-1211. Accessed August 19, 2024. and Sarah L.

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EMS Infectious Diseases Shock Airway Management 104

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The patient was ultimately discharged on a seven-day total course of cephalexin per Pediatric Infectious Disease recommendations. Exanthematous disease induced by toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 in the early neonatal period. Neonatal Toxic Shock Syndrome-Like Exanthematous Disease in North America. References Takahashi, N.,

Infectious Diseases 59

Infectious Diseases Shock Pediatrics Wellness 59

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

Spinal Infection: According to the Infectious Disease Society of America’s (IDSA) 2015 guidelines for native vertebral osteomyelitis, CRP and ESR in the setting of protracted back pain have sensitivities ranging from 94 to 100% for ruling out infection and malignancy in these patients. J Arthroplasty. 2019 Feb;34(2S):S187-S195.

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Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 90

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

2018 Nov 22;379(21):2002-2014. References Schnadower D, Tarr PI, Casper TC, Gorelick MH, Dean JM, O’Connell KJ, Mahajan P, Levine AC, Bhatt SR, Roskind CG, Powell EC, Rogers AJ, Vance C, Sapien RE, Olsen CS, Metheney M, Dickey VP, Hall-Moore C, Freedman SB. N Engl J Med. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1802598. PMID: 30462938; PMCID: PMC6358014.

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Outcomes Pediatrics Emergency Department Research 105

Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Between 2002 and 2015, 200 infants with pertussis were placed on ECMO, but only 56 survived, representing a survival rate of just 28%. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 37(3):p 202-205, March 2018. Impact of rapid leukodepletion on the outcome of severe clinical pertussis in young infants. Pediatrics. Nieves et al.

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Pediatrics Outcomes Blood Transfusions Sepsis 59