Pediatric EM Morsels

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A “Syndromic” Approach for Diagnosing and Managing Travel-Related Infectious Diseases in Children. Travel-associated disease among US residents visiting US GeoSentinel clinics after return from international travel. 2014 Dec;31(6):678-87. Malaria requires 3 negative thick and thin smears over 12 hours to fully exclude.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 18, 2024

She appears pale and dehydrated , and her level of alertness fluctuates. Pay specific attention to fluid status, looking for evidence of dehydration. Manage hydration Children may be dehydrated or present with signs of fluid overload. Clinical Infectious Diseases [Internet]. Oct 30 2019. Pediatr Nephrol.

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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.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 10, 2024

Exclusion criteria included children with known chronic diseases, exclusively breast-fed infants , or those who had already received an immediate transfusion at presentation to the hospital prior to recruitment. 3,950 children were recruited between September 2014 to May 2017. Were the study groups similar at the start of the trial?

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Inadequate fluid consumption, combined with factors like hot weather or strenuous physical activity, can lead to gradual dehydration with cumulative effects. Differential Diagnosis of Acute Issues Dehydration Every child will have a minimum daily fluid intake goal to achieve. Are they achieving their daily hydration goals? Peruzzi, L.,

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

Open-access image source: By M.Bitton – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [link] Infectious Disease Exposure It is estimated that, on average, refugees seeking refuge in Uganda visit a health facility 1.8 times per month and that 80-120 refugees are screened daily for infectious diseases in the triage and emergency units.

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