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]. However, there have been no studies statistically powered well enough regarding dog bite lacerations to confirm or dispute this claim. Clinical Infectious Diseases. In the United States, approximately 4.5

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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. If PEP is deemed necessary based on the factors above, the clinician should do the following: 1.

Infectious Diseases 52

Infectious Diseases Administration Wellness 52

PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Fever in the ICU: Guideline Update The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) issued an interim update to their 2008 recommendations for the management of fever in the ICU. Ultrasound is well-suited for identifying most serious biliary system abnormalities.

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Best Practices Ultrasounds Infectious Diseases Sepsis 111

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

As the name would suggest, inflammatory markers are biological markers of, well, inflammation. A 2008 review in the International Journal of Medicine on spinal epidural abscess (SEA) agreed that inflammatory markers (specifically ESR and CRP) are generally sensitive in the diagnosis of SEA, but are not specific. J Arthroplasty.

Infectious Diseases 87

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 87

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

. ■ Case 1 focuses on a case seen in the emergency department and explores the common parental query of a “weak immune system” in a young child who has had several recurrent upper respirator tract infections back-to-back but is otherwise well. His parents are both fit and well and there is no family history of any medical conditions.

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Emergency Department Wellness Infectious Diseases Pediatrics 78

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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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

A broad workup is initiated for altered mental status, including an STD panel, which shows a reactive Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) and a negative CT head. Consultation with an infectious disease and neurology specialist can be considered to guide treatment and proper disposition. Neurosyphilis.” doi:10.1212/CON.0000000000000982

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