PEMBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The night prior to presentation, mom noticed he was not feeding as well and seemed fussy. Initially in the emergency department he was generally well-appearing with normal vital signs. Infants with NTED generally remain well-appearing and do not meet toxic shock syndrome (TSS) criteria. Overnight, she had to wake him to feed.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 18, 2023

(Jackson 2016) It can also be used in UTIs , but is typically reserved for special cases where the infectious bacteria is found to be multidrug resistant or in complicated UTIs. 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.

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ACEP Now

JANUARY 12, 2024

7 Postvoid residual urine volume and levels of prostate-specific antigen are useful for diagnostic purposes, as well as possible CT scan or ultrasound to evaluate for an enlarged and inflamed prostate. New York, NY: McGraw Medical; 2009:475-81. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 6 Some studies estimate that E.

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ALiEM

JANUARY 22, 2024

The patient also complained of shortness of breath for one week associated with a dry cough, as well as an altered sensorium for one day. Scrub typhus and rickettsial diseases in international travelers: a review. 2009 Jan;11(1):66-72. Fever was documented to be 102°F and was not associated with any chills or rigors.

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ALiEM

MAY 13, 2024

They may be well-circumscribed or may have irregular borders. Well-circumscribed abscess with heterogeneous debris C. Larger abscess with well-circumscribed borders D. Superficial abscess with well-circumscribed borders Table 1. Epub 2009 Aug 8. The rim may be echogenic or blend in with surrounding tissue.

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Ultrasounds Pediatrics Emergency Department Wellness 64

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

JUNE 17, 2023

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2009-1709 The post EM@3AM: Periorbital Cellulitis appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. insect bite, scratch, etc.) or nearby infection (e.g., URI, dacryocystitis, blepharitis, impetigo, hordeolum, etc.) 2021;40(11):969-974. doi:10.1097/inf.0000000000003226

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