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Travel-Related Illnesses in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Hospitalization for travel-related illness are around 10% for both VFR and tourists (Leuthard 2015) Multiple studies have reported the most common travel infections in various countries. In the 1950’s travel accounted for 25 million international tourists. A study of swiss tourists found they compromised 53.4%

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Sternal Osteomyelitis

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Sione, a young Pacific Islander boy, is brought to the emergency department with a 3-day history of acute onset, progressively worsening central chest pain. of child emergency department presentations. 2015 Apr;34(4):e92-e101. 2015 Sep;35(6):634-9. He points to his sternum when you ask him where the pain is.

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Probiotics don’t improve outcomes in children with acute gastroenteritis

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every year, leading to emergency department visits and hospitalizations. A new study conducted by the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) aimed to determine whether LGG could reduce the severity of gastroenteritis in children. emergency departments. N Engl J Med 2018; 379:2015-2026.

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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

While PCT may be more specific for bacterial infections, it is flawed by still being rather non-specific and is not validated as a stand-alone diagnostic criteria for infection in the setting of the emergency department. They recommended synovial fluid analysis as essential to the diagnosis [30].

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Lumbar Punctures

Taming the SRU

The LP is now a standard procedure and in 2010 well over 135,000 LPs were performed in Emergency Departments throughout the US (3). Broadstock is a Clinical Instructor and Ultrasound Fellow in Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati and an Assistant Editor of TamingtheSRU. WHO - Who Needs an LP in the ED? Glimåker, M.,

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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

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Most common organism is Staph Aureus (36-67% of cases) ( Boody 2015 ). Executive Summary: 2015 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults. Clin Infect Dis 2015 Sept 15;61(6):859-63. Other pathogens include: E.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Not Your Average Eczema

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Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2015:432445. Eczema herpeticum: making the diagnosis in the emergency department. J Emerg Med. In: Kimberlin DW, Brady MT, Jackson MA, Long SS, eds. 2011 Feb;40(2):167-9.