EMDocs

JUNE 17, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2009-1709 The post EM@3AM: Periorbital Cellulitis appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. An 8-year-old boy with no medical history born full term presents with left eyelid swelling for 2 days.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 2, 2024

Infectious balanoposthitis: management, clinical and laboratory features. x The post Pediatric Balanitis and Balanoposthitis appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. Int J Dermatol. 2009;48(2):121-124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03966.x 1365-4632.2009.03966.x

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Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 18, 2023

From 2001 to 2009, in a pediatric hospital gram negative culture showed a drop in sensitivity to ciprofloxacin from 96% to 93%. BMC Infectious Disease. PMID: 29356761 The post Fluoroquinolone Use In Children appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. This was similarly seen with levofloxacin. Pediatr Infect Dis J.

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RebelEM

AUGUST 30, 2023

Imaging Gadolinium enhanced MRI – modality of choice, highly sensitive and specific ( Mylona 2009 ). Executive Summary: 2015 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults. 2009 Aug; 39(1):10-7. J Antimicrob Chemother.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 4, 2025

This is based on one study from Hertz in, uh, pediatric infectious disease, and in their study though, the rate of a true positive blood culture was 1.6% Has a fever greater than 39, and is three to 36 months of age, are you working ’em up? And a specificity of 55%. and the contaminant rate was 1.8%. Interesting.

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ALiEM

MAY 13, 2024

J Emerg Med 2009 [9] 50 Prospective cohort study of children <18yrs comparing clinical assessment to POCUS 90% (77-100%) 83% (70-97%) POCUS changed management in 22% of cases. Lam SHF, Sivitz A, Alade K, Doniger SJ, Tessaro MO, Rabiner JE, Arroyo A, Castillo EM, Thompson CA, Yang M, Mistry RD. Epub 2009 Aug 8. Adams et al.,

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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. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08693.x.

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