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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Lumbar Punctures

Taming the SRU

Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases , 45 (9), 657–663. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases , 22 Suppl 3 , S37–S62. Glimåker, M., Johansson, B., Ericsson, M., Bläckberg, J., Lindquist, L., & Sjölin, J.

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Episode 23 - Influenza Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department

EB Medicine

Jeff: The information contained in this article comes from articles found on pubmed, the cochrane database, center for disease control, and the world health organization. Additionally, guidelines were reviewed from the american college of emergency physicians, infectious disease society of america, and the american academy of pediatrics.

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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

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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Docusate for Cerumen Impaction? I Sh*t You Not

Critical Care Now

Interests include trauma, toxicology, and infectious diseases. The Pre-brief When we think of lysing things in the emergency department (ED), we think of alteplase busting up a blood clot in either ischemic stroke or in patients experiencing a massive pulmonary embolism. 2004; 54(508): 862 – 7. 2020; 11: 1 – 5.