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JANUARY 22, 2024

2015) highlighted that a poor understanding of statistics often results in a belief that screening is more beneficial than it actually is. 2015 ;24(2):167-74. Front Pediatr. 2015 May 12;350:h2308 Malhotra A, Maughan D, Ansell J, et al. Malhotra et al. ‘Choosing Wisely’: a growing international campaign.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Recommendations on RBC Transfusion in General Critically Ill Children Based on Hemoglobin and/or Physiologic Thresholds From the Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia Expertise Initiative. Pediatr Crit Care Med. Published 2015 Feb 2. Transfusion strategies for patients in pediatric intensive care units.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JUNE 16, 2015

Tags: advanced emergency nursing, ED, ER, NP, nurse practitioner, CNS, clinical nurse specialist, APRN, critical care, trauma, injury, pediatrics, infectious disease, medical isolation, surgical mask, PAPR, PPE, HAZMAT, respiratory protection Published: 6/16/2015 7:46:00 PM

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EMDocs

MAY 29, 2023

Of note, many pediatric and neonatal clinical guidelines incorporate ESR, CRP, and other acute phase reactants in their algorithms, which are not discussed here. Pearls and Pitfalls -ESR and CRP are neither sensitive or specific for infection , and cut-off values for meaningful elevations are based on the disease process in question.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. Pediatr Infect Dis J. Infectious complications and optimising infection prevention for children with cochlear implants. 2015 Jun 23 [cited 2022 Dec 28]; Available from: [link] Venekamp RP, Schilder AGM, van den Heuvel M, Hay AD.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Recently, a pediatric patient presented to the ED who just returned from abroad with a gastroenteritis presentation. In the US 95% of vaccine-eligible pediatric patients who travel are unvaccinated (McAteer 2021) Drug resistance has been developing over time. In addition to my passion for PEM, I also share a passion for global health.

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Pediatric Education

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The admitting team was concerned about travel-based causes of meningitis and consulted an infectious disease specialist who felt that the patient should also be given acyclovir and doxycycline in addition to cover for potential herpes simplex and also various rickettsial diseases. Pediatr Infect Dis J. Indian J Pediatr.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Figure 1 shows the Rowlands leucodepletion protocol, image taken from Rowlands, Pediatrics 2010 The infants treated using the Rowlands strategy achieved a 90% survival rate , compared to 55% in the control group , which included historical patients and case mix-adjusted mortality data. Pediatr Crit Care Med J. Pediatrics.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Another useful study showing the distribution of viral infection in different ages and household setups comes from the BIG LoVE study (2015) where households had viral PCR swabs completed weekly for a year. Adapted from: Byington et al (2015, Clinical Infectious Disease, [link] ) When to think about primary immunodeficiency?

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Pediatric EM Morsels

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Rashes are, as we know, a common complaint in the pediatric ER and one of the most difficult things to diagnose ( in my opinion ). As we sort through the potential concerning ailments, it is also good to keep in mind the stereotypic causes of mild pediatric rashes. 3, 2015, pp. ” The Lancet Infectious Diseases , vol.

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ALiEM

DECEMBER 20, 2024

References American Academy of Pediatrics: Herpes simplex. Red Book: 2015 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2015:432445. Treatment includes acyclovir in addition to gram positive coverage such as TMP/SMX or cephalexin.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

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. However, for pediatric gastroenteritis, the evidence suggests they do not provide significant benefits. N Engl J Med 2018; 379:2015-2026. Freedman et al.

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Additionally, guidelines were reviewed from the american college of emergency physicians, infectious disease society of america, and the american academy of pediatrics. A 2015 meta analysis showed that the intention-to-treat infected population had a shorter time to alleviation of all symptoms from 123 hours to 98 hours.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

BK virus infection, replication, and diseases in pediatric kidney transplantation. Pediatric nephrology , 22 (9), pp.1243-1250. Challenges in pediatric renal transplantation. Pediatric Nephrology , 34 (1), pp.31-43. Pediatric transplantation , 23 (6), p.e13514. Pediatric Transplantation , 27 (5), p.e14522.

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