PEMBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

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. You can also see petechiae and hemorrhage, as well as superficial bulla, vesicles, or even echemosis. Well, bacteria, and the most common etiology.

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Infectious Diseases Sepsis Wellness Pediatrics 59

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Symptoms – either typical dysuria, urgency, frequency in a verbal child, or non-descript abdominal pain or vomiting in a well appearing child. In a low risk child, with obviously very vigilant parents, who is well appearing, you may choose not to test now, and ensure close follow up. 2014 Apr;99(4):342-7. No obvious source?

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

Or, well, the ringer called me. GI symptoms are the second most common, and they include vomiting, food intolerance, food aversion, GERD, refractory to normal antireflux measures, diarrhea, and dehydration. This was made by people who know them very well. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Pediatr Rev.

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EB Medicine

JULY 8, 2019

Jeff: Well that’s kind worrisome. Jeff: A 2014 study even showed an up to 80% reduction in the likelihood of developing DM2 postoperatively at the 7-year mark. Which again reiterates why this is such an important topic for us as EM clinicians to be well-versed in. While it was < 15% in 1990, by 2016 it reached 40%.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 10, 2024

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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Blood Transfusions Outcomes Research Hospitals 78

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

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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Downeast Emergency Medicine

MARCH 24, 2021

Well, patients have a greater potential to be sicker, and even though there is a higher chance of a bacterial infection these patients should NOT be started empirically on antibiotics. In this patient population, well appearing children can have stool cultures ordered and be referred to follow up as an outpatient.

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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. This is particularly crucial in younger children who have received a large adult kidney and typically have relatively low creatinine levels when stable and well. and Hirsch, H.H.,

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Pediatrics Fractures Dehydration Sepsis 52

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

She denies any trauma, swelling, or redness in the joints, as well as fever or weight loss. doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306362 LeWinter MM. Effects of hydration and dehydration on blood rheology in sickle cell trait carriers during exercise. The pain is worse with activity but improves with rest. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

1,2 For hypervolemia in heart failure patients, orthopnea >2 pillows is the most reliable clinical finding, 3,4 though an increase in peripheral edema and increased weight can be useful as well. For patients who are elderly, orthostasis is an unreliable clinical finding and may be present in the absence of dehydration.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

She receives IV calcium gluconate and bicarbonate as well as oral potassium binders for hyperkalemia. 89 The high malnutrition rate is caused by factors such as a heavy disease burden, particularly malaria, as well as poor food consumption and inadequate infant and child feeding practices. Hypoglycemia is managed with IV dextrose.

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Infectious Diseases CDC PPE Rapid Diagnostic Testing 57