PulmCCM

OCTOBER 16, 2023

per 1,000 central-line days between 2001 and 2009. There’s no randomized trial data to support this practice, and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC, whose recommendations CDC generally adopts) has advised against routine replacement of central lines as an infection prevention strategy.

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EMDocs

JULY 11, 2023

Sites of initial bleeding episodes, mode of delivery and age of diagnosis in babies with haemophilia diagnosed before the age of 2 years: a report from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Universal Data Collection (UDC) project. 2009 Nov;15(6):1281-90. Haemophilia. PMID: 19637999. Plummer ES, et al.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Then, in 2009, the condition disappeared completely. And maybe, noticing all the fuss, some clinicians might have started coding for VAP slightly less often in equivocal cases. It used to be highly prevalent in U.S. ICUs, and a popular research focus for academics, generating a steady stream of papers. Just kidding! In 2008, the U.S.

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RebelEM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

They analyzed the electronic health records of patients presenting to the ED who met modified Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sepsis surveillance criteria and received empiric treatment with either vancomycin/piperacillin-tazobactam or vancomycin/cefepime. 2009 Dec;37(12):3114-9. 2009 Mar 26;360(13):1283-97.

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EB Medicine

DECEMBER 1, 2018

The CDC estimates that epidemics cost 10 billion dollars per year. Antigen drift refers to small point mutations to the viral genes that code for H and N. The CDC defines “influenza-like illness” as a temperature > 100 F, plus cough or sore throat, in the absence of a known cause other than influenza.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

2016.07.025 Pinkbook: Tetanus | CDC. tetani infection is also indicated. J Emerg Med. 1990;8(3):321-325. doi:10.1016/0736-4679(90)90013-l Woldeamanuel YW, Andemeskel AT, Kyei K, Woldeamanuel MW, Woldeamanuel W. Case fatality of adult tetanus in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurol Sci. 2016;368:292-299. doi:10.1016/j.jns.2016.07.025

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