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EM@3AM: Leukopenia

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PCP Pneumonia, Sepsis) can be discharged with initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in consultation with Infectious Disease (ID) physician with full ID evaluation outpatient. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby; 2006:384-418. General approach to infectious diseases evaluation. Nuclear Medicine. In: Temesgen Z, ed.

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Antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This is true in life-threatening conditions such as sepsis. However, when children do not have features of sepsis, oral antibiotics are equally effective. The take home is that although IV antibiotics are key in sepsis management, oral antibiotics are equally as effective as IV antibiotics for children without critical illness.

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REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

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Antibiotics are effectively the only thing standing between these patients and overwhelming sepsis. Improving the immediate management of neutropenic sepsis in the UK: Lessons from a national audit. 2006 May 15;106(10):2258-66. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Support Care Cancer. 2018 May;26(5):1465-1470.

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Caring for children after a kidney transplant

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Consider sepsis and treat it accordingly. Changes in TAC concentrations related to changes in haematocrit should not lead to a prompt dose adjustment. Urinary tract infection (UTI): more likely in cases of urologic comorbidities and operations (e.g. CAKUT, catheterization requirement). Pediatric Nephrology , 36 , pp.2453-2461. Helenius, I.,