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.

Infectious Diseases 102

Infectious Diseases CDC PPE Military 102

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).

Sepsis 52

Sepsis Shock Hospitals Outcomes 52

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

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. 2008 Aug;75(8):557-66. J Arthroplasty.

Infectious Diseases 88

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 88

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Published 2008 Sep 19. Clinical Infectious Disease. 2008) ISBN:0521871123. J Emerg Trauma Shock. Scrotal abscess as a complication of perforated appendicitis: A case report and review of the literature. 2008;1(1):165. Cureus 12(7): e8991. doi:10.7759/cureus.8991 8991 ​​Schlossberg D. Cambridge Univ Pr.

EMS 68

EMS Ultrasounds Emergency Department Infectious Diseases 68

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.

Infectious Diseases 105

Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 105