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. N Engl J Med. 2023 Feb 2;388(5):439-452.

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ALiEM

MAY 13, 2024

2010 Nov;39(5):637-43. Epub 2015 Nov 10. PMID: 26563535. Sivitz AB, Lam SH, Ramirez-Schrempp D, Valente JH, Nagdev AD. Effect of bedside ultrasound on management of pediatric soft-tissue infection. J Emerg Med. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.05.013. 2009.05.013. Epub 2009 Aug 8. PMID: 19665335.

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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. Mullen, C.

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EMDocs

MAY 29, 2023

Available from: [link] (11) Berbari EF, Kanj SS, Kowalski TJ, Darouiche RO, Widmer AF, Schmitt SK, Hendershot EF, Holtom PD, Huddleston PM 3rd, Petermann GW, Osmon DR, Infectious Diseases Society of America. The Open Infectious Disease Journal. Epub 2010 Jul 22. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Sep 15;61(6):e26-46.

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2019

A 2010 Meta-Analysis found a NPV of 99.96% when an er doc identified an IUP on bedside ultrasound. Per a 2010 and 2011 Cochrane review, there is not evidence to recommend one antibiotic over another, so let your local antibiograms guide your treatment. So keep doing your bedside scans with confidence.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. 2010 Aug 1;126(2):196–203. Med J Aust. 2021 Mar;214(5):220–7. IDSA Updates Guideline for Managing Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis. Pediatrics.

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PEMBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Camargo, Clinical Trial: Comparative Effectiveness of Cephalexin Plus Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Versus Cephalexin Alone for Treatment of Uncomplicated Cellulitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 56, Issue 12, 15 June 2013, Pages 1754–1762, [link] Liu C, Bayer A, Cosgrove SE, et al. Pediatrics.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Figure 1 shows the Rowlands leucodepletion protocol, image taken from Rowlands, Pediatrics 2010 The infants treated using the Rowlands strategy achieved a 90% survival rate , compared to 55% in the control group , which included historical patients and case mix-adjusted mortality data. Pediatrics. 2010;126:e81627 Cherry et al. Nieves et al.

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ALiEM

JANUARY 27, 2025

Infectious mononucleosis. 2010 May 27;362(21):1993-2000. 2010 Oct 7;363(15):1486. Infectious mononucleosis In: Post TW, ed. 1952 Aug;13(2):158-71. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(52)90154-x. PMID: 12976417. Luzuriaga K, Sullivan JL. N Engl J Med. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1001116. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. PMID: 20505178. UpToDate; 2021.

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Taming the SRU

JUNE 12, 2023

Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical Infectious Diseases. Healthcare cost and utilization project (HCUP) statistical briefs. Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, et al. 2014;59(2):147-159.

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Taming the SRU

JANUARY 31, 2025

To help build our resilience and find hope, we should find creative ways to connect with our patients and their families efficiently and effectively.

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Documentation/Coding Infectious Diseases Resuscitation Administration 54

ALiEM

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Antibiotic treatment duration and long-term outcomes of patients with early lyme disease from a lyme disease- hyperendemic area. 2010 Feb 15;50(4):512-20. Lyme Disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Lyme disease. References Kowalski TJ, Tata S, Berth W, Mathiason MA, Agger WA. Clin Infect Dis.

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Mind The Bleep

JANUARY 24, 2025

Pathophysiology and burden of infection in patients with diabetes mellitus and peripheral vascular disease: focus on skin and soft-tissue infections. Clinical microbiology and infection: the official publication of the European society of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. UK Health Security Agency.

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Mind The Bleep

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Clinical microbiology and infection: the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 21 Suppl 2, S27–S32. link] Quinn, J. McDermott, D., Stein, J., & Kramer, N. Randomized controlled trial of prophylactic antibiotics for dog bites with refined cost model.

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Fractures Infectious Diseases Documentation/Coding Hospitals 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

They analysed the French National Health Insurance registry of all pregnancies and births from 2010 to 2018 and found that there was an increased risk of hospitalization in children who had had a PPI (with adjusted hazard ratios between 1.34 They retrospectively identified 375 children with community-acquired pneumonia.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Consultation with an infectious disease and neurology specialist can be considered to guide treatment and proper disposition. Consultation with laboratory or infectious disease experts is important in selecting appropriate diagnostic testing. CNS neuroscience & therapeutics 16,5 (2010): e157-68. Neurosyphilis.”

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