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Fluoroquinolone Use In Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Jackson 2016) Ciprofloxacin was the first fluoroquinolone approved by the FDA in the 1980’s as a broad-spectrum antibiotic. Jackson 2016) It can also be used in UTIs , but is typically reserved for special cases where the infectious bacteria is found to be multidrug resistant or in complicated UTIs. Arthropathy was seen in 13.7%

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

Taming the SRU

1) However, it wasn’t until the 1890s that purposeful, successful, and safe attempts to access this fluid were documented (2). C., & ESCMID Study Group for Infections of the Brain (ESGIB) (2016). As may be seen in the table below, there are several themes as well a range of stringency. Glennie, L., Gaillemin, O., Wyncoll, D.,

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Typhoid Fever in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Mogsale 2016, Shah 2021)Stool cultures are only positive in 30% of cases if collected in 2 nd -3 rd week of illness which makes them a poor choice for definitive diagnosis. Obasi 2020) Hepatic and splenic abscesses have been documented in children, and splenic rupture is particularly associated with cases of MDR typhoid fever.

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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

All efforts to identify the decedent by hospital staff, law enforcement agencies or social service agencies should be well documented in the medical records. This includes subdural hematomas, comas, paraplegia, quadriplegia, fractures and seizure disorders, regardless of the time interval between the injury and death. April 6, 2016.

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Cardiac Rhythms/ECG Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Some families have unexplained deaths during sporting events, an unusual number of car accidents, seizures in someone without a formal diagnosis of epilepsy. In 2016 the American Academy of Paediatrics issued a clinical guideline on brief unresolved unexplained events (BRUEs) which had previously been known as ALTEs.

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The best documented cormorbidity is sickle cell disease, although other pro-thrombotic conditions also put the child at risk. The child with seizure disorder and chest pain: anti-epileptics Some anti-epileptic agents, such as carbamazepine, promote a poor lipid profile, leading to atherosclerosis and early MI. 2016; 203:138-140.

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Big Labs, Little People

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

S – seizure or shock – most commonly septic, but can be any type: cardiogenic, bstructive, hypovolemic, distributive. 2016; 417: 54–56. for the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. Difficult to interpret lactates when a patient is on an epinephrine drip. Am J Cardiol.