ACEP Now

MARCH 11, 2025

A survey that looked at 637 residency programs including pediatric, family, and internal medicine in 2014 found that only 42 programs offered formal training in eating disorders. 16 An elevated amylase suggests repetitive vomiting as well. There is a lack of education on eating disorders in residency programs in the United States.

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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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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

AUGUST 1, 2016

⇒ You have a stable child who just needs fluids, but no laboratory tests ⇒ You’ve tried PO hydration, to no avail, despite anti-emetics ⇒ You’re poking the stable, but dehydrated child repeatedly without success What now? Well, it turns out, what is old is new again. 2014 Dec;44(12):66. Sound far-fetched? Am J Emerg Med.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

2014 Dec;31(6):678-87. Pediatric patients with recent travel and fever of unknown origin should be considered for admission if malaria is a possible diagnosis. Malaria requires 3 negative thick and thin smears over 12 hours to fully exclude.

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EMDocs

JUNE 27, 2024

His medical history is significant for three prior admissions for vaso-occlusive crises that have responded well to appropriate therapy, including pain control with NSAIDs and opioids, blood transfusions, antibiotics, and intravenous (IV) crystalloids. 2014 Feb;69(2):144-51. C or 100.4 mg/kg, max 0.4 C or 100.4 mg/kg, max 0.4

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 17, 2023

Prenatal opioid exposure and well-child care in the first 2 years of life: population-based cohort study. 2023 Jun 14;46:8-23 One-year survival and outcomes of infants born at 22 and 23 weeks of gestation in Sweden 2004-2007, 2014-2016 and 2017-2019. 2023 Jun;257:113325. Selvaratnam RJ, et al. J Paediatr Child Health. 2023 Jun 9.

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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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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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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 5, 2023

SCD, therefore, is not only a mechanical disease but there are also many other cellular and plasma factors as well as endothelial interaction that generate chronic inflammation. Infections, fever, acidosis, hypoxia, dehydration and exposure to extreme temperatures can trigger VOC even though often no cause is identified. 2014; 349–356.

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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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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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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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