Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 18, 2024

Clinical Infectious Diseases [Internet]. Disease severity of Shiga toxin-producingE. Available from: [link] Wong CS, Mooney JC, Brandt JR, Staples AO, Jelacic S, Boster DR, et al. Risk Factors for the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Children Infected With Escherichia coli O157:H7: A Multivariable Analysis. Pediatr Nephrol.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Professional Medical Societies Call for Elimination of SEP-1 The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), along with societies for emergency medicine physicians and hospitalists, are again speaking up about the ongoing policy experiment known as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Management Bundle (SEP-1).

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RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Read More: Infectious Disease Society of America 2010 Clinical Practice Guidelines Life in the Fast Lane: Febrile Neutropaenia Uptodate: overview of neutropenic fever syndromes EMRAP: Risk stratification of neutropenic fever MDCalc: MASCC Score MDCalc: CISNE Score References: Ahn S, Rice TW, Yeung SJ, Cooksley T. 2008 Sep;1138:329-50.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. Paediatric pre- and post-septal peri-orbital infections are different diseases. 2008 Mar;72(3):377–83. Med J Aust. 2021 Mar;214(5):220–7.

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ALiEM

JUNE 5, 2023

Anthrax is a serious infectious disease caused by gram positive, rod shaped, bacteria known as Bacillus anthracis [1]. Patients suspected of having anthrax should have their disposition and treatment determined in conjunction with your Infectious Disease specialists and your state health department. Published 2020 May 12.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The first is by Gruber et al (2008) where parents kept a symptom diary for 12 years tracking the number of symptomatic episodes their children had. Adapted from: Byington et al (2015, Clinical Infectious Disease, [link] ) When to think about primary immunodeficiency? 2008 Sep;19(6):505-12. Pediatr Allergy Immunol.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

DECEMBER 6, 2024

“Parvovirus B19 and Its Role in Human Disease.” ” The Lancet Infectious Diseases , vol. 6, 2008, pp. link] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). .” Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America , vol. 3, 2015, pp. link] Larcher, C., “Parvovirus B19.”

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Taming the SRU

JUNE 12, 2023

In 2008, this led to greater than 316,000 emergency department (ED) visits and about 9,500 hospitalizations [1]. Emergency department visits and inpatient stays involving dog bites, 2008: Statistical brief #101. Clinical Infectious Diseases. In the United States, approximately 4.5 Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, et al.

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Cook County EM Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

Rabies, a neurotropic lyssavirus in the family rhabdoviridae, presents as a progressive encephalopathy known to have the highest case fatality rate of all known infectious diseases. Human Rabies Prevention – United States, 2008. The bat in question Why it Matters? MMWR Early Release 2008;57 Tarantola A, Tejiokem MC, Briggs DJ.

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ALiEM

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Epub 2008 Jun 27. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2015:432445. Studdiford JS, Valko GP, Belin LJ, Stonehouse AR. Eczema herpeticum: making the diagnosis in the emergency department. J Emerg Med. 2011 Feb;40(2):167-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.11.049.

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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

MARCH 17, 2025

The Global Impact of Scabies Scabies affects around 100 million people globally at any given time, placing it in the top 50 infectious diseases in terms of disability-adjusted life years. Its impact exceeds that of diseases like dengue fever. 2008 Dec 15 [cited 2024 Nov 28];144(12):163840. Ziehfreund, S. and Zink, A.,

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Consultation with an infectious disease and neurology specialist can be considered to guide treatment and proper disposition. Consultation with laboratory or infectious disease experts is important in selecting appropriate diagnostic testing. Sexually transmitted diseases, 4th ed. Neurosyphilis.” doi:10.1212/CON.0000000000000982

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