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Point-of-Care Testing

Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

Bacterial Meningitis: IDSA guidelines for 2004 report that a normal CRP value has a high negative predictive value for bacterial meningitis, but sensitivities and specificities vary between studies [35]. Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care tests in acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections.

Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing

Antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

However, results may take some time and, as such, rapid point-of-care tests are increasingly used. 2004 Sep 25;364(9440):1141–8. A throat culture is the gold standard for confirming a bacterial infection. Beware of false positives from colonisation of the throat with streptococcus. The Lancet.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Sepsis

Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department

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