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Travel-Related Illnesses in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

2014 Dec;31(6):678-87. However, the destination of travel is also important as helminths have distinct geographical distribution. Pediatric patients with recent travel and fever of unknown origin should be considered for admission if malaria is a possible diagnosis.

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Bullous Skin Lesions, Meet Emergency Medicine

Taming the SRU

Mortality rates related to bullous skin lesions are typically related to disruption of the skin barrier and include subsequent dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, hypothermia, increased metabolic needs, and secondary infection leading to bacteremia and/or sepsis. Crit Care Med 2014; 42:118. J Am Acad Dermatol 2019; 81:686.

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Going beyond the surface material: A podcast episode on cellulitis

PEMBlog

Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis 2014; 59:e10. Full blown sepsis and toxic shock syndrome. You’re concerned about SIRS or sepsis. Clin Infect Dis 2011; 52:e18. Bilateral red limbs?

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Managing a patient with decompensated liver cirrhosis

Mind The Bleep

These include infection & sepsis, GI bleeding, dehydration, AKI, alcohol consumption, constipation, and certain medications. Hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease: 2014 Practice Guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the European Association for the Study of the Liver. Hepatology.

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Are we on the right TRACT? 

Don't Forget the Bubbles

3,950 children were recruited between September 2014 to May 2017. These were presented as hazard ratios and included fever at presentation, previous transfusion ever, haemoglobinuria, malaria, sickle cell disease on enrolment, HIV, evidence of sepsis, malnutrition, shock, hypothermia, and dehydration. Do you believe the results?

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

PEMBlog

GI symptoms are the second most common, and they include vomiting, food intolerance, food aversion, GERD, refractory to normal antireflux measures, diarrhea, and dehydration. Now the important thing for EM providers to know is that this can mimic the presentation of sepsis. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-.

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

10 The 2014 ACC/AHA guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease , referencing this article, gives this recommendation: "CLASS IIb 1. For instance: sepsis, bleeding, dehydration, hypoxia, and mild ACS. 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease.

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