The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 18, 2023

Association of early oseltamivir with improved outcomes in hospitalized children with influenza, 2007-2020. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Marisu Rueda-Altez is a pediatric infectious disease fellow at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. JAMA Pediatr. JAMA Pediatr. Would he benefit from that too?” JAMA Pediatr.

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EMDocs

APRIL 27, 2024

A 67-year-old man with a history of hypertension and diabetes presents to the emergency department with right ear pain for 2 weeks. Infectious diseases , 4 (1), 34–39. Infectious diseases, 4(1), 34–39. and Staphylococcus spp. His vital signs are normal except for a temperature of 38.2°C The Lancet.

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ALiEM

JANUARY 22, 2024

A 40-year-old male, tailor by occupation, was brought to the Emergency Department with complaints of high-grade fever for the past 11 days. 2007 Dec;21(4):997-1011, ix. Scrub typhus and rickettsial diseases in international travelers: a review. Early empiric treatment with Doxycycline is life-saving. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.08.002.

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Academics Documentation/Coding Emergency Department Hospitals 64

EB Medicine

DECEMBER 1, 2018

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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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This blog post aims to help familiarise you with some of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department. Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. Emerg Med J.

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Critical Care Now

MAY 12, 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutes Ruben Santiago Emergency Medicine Pharmacist and medication hustler at a level I trauma center in Miami, FL. Interests include trauma, toxicology, and infectious diseases. 2007; 75: 1523 – 28. Docusate is a suitable agent for the use as a cerumenolytic in patients presenting with cerumen impaction.

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Infectious Diseases Stroke Administration Emergency Department 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 30, 2023

The parents of 9-month-old Josie bring her into the Emergency Department with coryzal symptoms and difficulty breathing. A secondary analysis of a nationwide study of Emergency Department attendance in America from 2006 to 2008 found that CXRs increase the average length of stay by 27 minutes. Am J Emerg Med.

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