Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Let us take a moment to review Typhoid Fever in children : Typhoid Fever: Basics Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi is the causative bacteria and represents 75% of cases of enteric fever (GBD 2017) Salmonella enterica serotypes Paratyphi A, B and C cause Paratyphoid fever which has clinically indistinguishable features.

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EMDocs

MAY 9, 2024

Exam documents that he is alert and oriented but “tired appearing” and “not appearing post-ictal.” Defense : The EP did address the seizure when he documented “not post-ictal.” There is no negligence, as the documentation supports reasonable judgment. The triage nurse records the event as a “seizure” lasting 7 minutes.

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Seizures Dehydration Documentation/Coding Infectious Diseases 81

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 4, 2018

JAMA May 2017. JAMA May 2017. Currently, the Infectious Diseases Society of America ( IDSA ) guidelines for patients with cellulitis without systemic signs of infection, penetrating trauma, injection drug use, or other evidence of MRSA recommend only prescribing antibiotics against streptococci (1). JAMA May 2017.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Professional Medical Societies Call for Elimination of SEP-1 The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), along with societies for emergency medicine physicians and hospitalists, are again speaking up about the ongoing policy experiment known as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Management Bundle (SEP-1).

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RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Read More: Infectious Disease Society of America 2010 Clinical Practice Guidelines Life in the Fast Lane: Febrile Neutropaenia Uptodate: overview of neutropenic fever syndromes EMRAP: Risk stratification of neutropenic fever MDCalc: MASCC Score MDCalc: CISNE Score References: Ahn S, Rice TW, Yeung SJ, Cooksley T. Epub 2017 Nov 22.

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Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 105

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Posterior – Shortened, adducted, internally rotated 5,6 Anterior – Shortened, abducted, externally rotated 5,6 As with all dislocations, perform and document distal neurovascular exam before and after management. 8 Perform and document distal neurovascular exam. 2017 May 26;114(20):347-353. Epub 2021 Jun 12.

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EB Medicine

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Jeff: The information contained in this article comes from articles found on pubmed, the cochrane database, center for disease control, and the world health organization. Additionally, guidelines were reviewed from the american college of emergency physicians, infectious disease society of america, and the american academy of pediatrics.

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