Advanced Medical Reviews

APRIL 17, 2019

Sworn in on May 11, 2017, Gottlieb was known for his efforts to regulate the tobacco and e-cigarette industries, lower drug prices and address the growing opioid crisis. Protect the nation from the health effects of emerging and pandemic infectious diseases and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats.

Infectious Diseases 66

Infectious Diseases Radiology Radiology Administration 66

EMDocs

MAY 9, 2024

The defense would hire highly qualified experts in emergency medicine, ENT, neurosurgery, infectious disease, nursing, etc., Updated: Oct 27, 2017. However, she identified Issues that would likely be raised by the defense and their experts (e.g., Attorneys and their experts often disagree. Medscape eMedicine.

Seizures 105

Seizures Dehydration Documentation/Coding Infectious Diseases 105

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

A 2017 review in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine reiterates that no single inflammatory markers (including CRP, ESR, and PCT) can be used as a stand-alone test to confirm or exclude infection, but instead advocates for using the tests as adjunctive information for emergency physicians to shape their pre-test probability of infection [26].

Infectious Diseases 89

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 89

ACEP Now

JUNE 8, 2023

As a result, the 2019 guidelines from the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) significantly rein in those patients who should receive empiric coverage for MRSA or P. An official clinical practice guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America. aeruginosa. 2019;200(7):e45–67.

Infectious Diseases 59

Infectious Diseases Administration Hospitals Shock 59

Emergency Medicine Journal

AUGUST 23, 2023

Background The priorities for UK emergency medicine research were defined in 2017 by a priority setting partnership coordinated by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in collaboration with the James Lind Alliance (JLA).

Research 52

Research Infectious Diseases 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 24, 2023

Infectious spondylodiscitis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. Yield of Image-Guided Needle Biopsy for Infectious Discitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 2017 Oct;38. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery British volume. 2001 Jan;83-B. Cottle L, Riordan T. Journal of Infection. 2008 Jun;56. Cushing AH.

Radiology 98

Radiology Radiology Infectious Diseases Pediatrics 98

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.

Infectious Diseases 40

Infectious Diseases Documentation/Coding Ultrasounds Outcomes 40

ACEP Now

AUGUST 11, 2024

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. California Department of Public Health Division of Communicable Disease. Published December 2017. References WHO Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses. Ciguatera poisoning. World Health Organization.

Poisoning 52

Poisoning Infectious Diseases EKG/ECG Emergency Department 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 4, 2024

This study retrospectively identified 1,414 children, presenting to 15 UK EDs (2016 -2017), who had been screened for malaria. The task force (Society of Critical Care Medicine) was made up of paediatric experts in critical care, emergency medicine, infectious diseases, general paediatrics, nursing, and public health from six continents.

Hospitals 78

Hospitals Sepsis Fractures Emergency Department 78

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 18, 2024

Clinical Infectious Diseases [Internet]. Disease severity of Shiga toxin-producingE. Archives of Disease in Childhood [Internet]. 2017 Sep 12 [cited 2023 Nov 30];archdischild-2016-311377. Available from: [link] Wong CS, Mooney JC, Brandt JR, Staples AO, Jelacic S, Boster DR, et al. F1000Research.

Dehydration 59

Dehydration Infectious Diseases Seizures Pediatrics 59

Critical Care Now

MAY 12, 2022

Interests include trauma, toxicology, and infectious diseases. 2017; 156(1_suppl): S1 – S29. Reading Time: 5 minutes Ruben Santiago Emergency Medicine Pharmacist and medication hustler at a level I trauma center in Miami, FL. Am Fam Physician. 2007; 75: 1523 – 28. Schwartz S, Magit A, Rosenfeld R, et. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.

Infectious Diseases 52

Infectious Diseases Stroke Emergency Department Administration 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 22, 2024

BMJ OpenQuality 2017; 6: u214071.w5561. BMJ Open Qual. 2018 Oct 15;7(4):e000372. Sinitsky L, Brierley J. Reducing the number of unnecessary liver function tests requested on the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. The post Choosing wisely – less can be more appeared first on Don't Forget the Bubbles.

Emergency Department 90

Emergency Department Best Practices Radiology Radiology 90

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).

Sepsis 52

Sepsis Shock Hospitals Infectious Diseases 52

ALiEM

MAY 13, 2024

Epub 2017 Oct 27. Point-of-Care Ultrasound is Associated With Decreased Length of Stay in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department With Soft Tissue Infection. J Emerg Med. 2018 Jan;54(1):96-101. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.09.017. 2017.09.017. PMID: 29110982. Gottlieb M, Avila J, Chottiner M, Peksa GD.

Ultrasounds 64

Ultrasounds Pediatrics Emergency Department Wellness 64

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 10, 2024

Exclusion criteria included children with known chronic diseases, exclusively breast-fed infants , or those who had already received an immediate transfusion at presentation to the hospital prior to recruitment. 3,950 children were recruited between September 2014 to May 2017.

Blood Transfusions 78

Blood Transfusions Research Outcomes Hospitals 78

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Infections For stable patients, obtain microbiologic samples prior to antibiotics (per the American Academy of Orthopedic surgery and The Infectious Diseases Society of America). 2017 May 26;114(20):347-353. Some non-displaced fractures and patients with poor baseline functional status may be managed non-operatively.

EMS 98

EMS Dislocations Fractures Operations 98

EMDocs

OCTOBER 5, 2024

4 The incidence of ESBL-E identified in bacterial cultures in the United States increased by 53% from 2012 to 2017. Disposition Patients with complicated UTI, pyelonephritis, bacteremia, or other ESBL-E infections should be admitted for IV antibiotic treatment and would benefit from Infectious Disease consultation. N Engl J Med.

EMS 98

EMS Infectious Diseases Sepsis Hospitals 98

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.

Infectious Diseases 101

Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 101

EMDocs

AUGUST 26, 2023

2017 Jan-Jun;38(1):69-75. Sobel, Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Candidiasis: 2016 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Clinical Infectious Diseases , Volume 62, Issue 4, 15 February 2016, Pages e1–e50, [link] Iacopino AM, Wathen WF. Arch Intern Med. 1991 Aug;151(8):1567-72.

EMS 97

EMS Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Emergency Department 97

EMDocs

JULY 15, 2023

Published April 3, 2017. Infectious Diseases Society of America. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Accessed March 14, 2023.

EMS 94

EMS Infectious Diseases Shock Ultrasounds 94

Pediatric EM Morsels

APRIL 5, 2024

However, it is often overlooked that tickborne illnesses are among the most common travel-related illnesses globally (CDC Traveller’s Health 2017). Jensenius 2004) Scrub typhus is one of the most common infectious disease in rural areas of south and southeastern Asia and the western Pacific. Tickborne Disease Abroad.

CDC 164

CDC Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Shock 164

EB Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2019

Nachi: This month’s issue was authored by Dr. Ryan Pedigo, you may remember him from the June 2017 episode on dental emergencies, though he is perhaps better known as the director of undergraduate medical education at Harbor-UCLA Medical center. This result was for the most part re-confirmed in a 2017 cochrane review.

Ultrasounds 40

Ultrasounds Radiology Radiology Infectious Diseases 40

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

2017 Sep 7 [cited 2022 Dec 28];2022(8). 2017 May 8;30(4):319–26. The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. Available from: [link] Spurling GK, Del Mar CB, Dooley L, Clark J, Askew DA.

Emergency Department 143

Emergency Department Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Sepsis 143

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.

Pediatrics 164

Pediatrics CDC Seizures Documentation/Coding 164

Pediatric Education

APRIL 21, 2024

2017-0157 Yang J, Liu F, Liang Y, Guo C, Wang J, Chen X. Evidence-based medicine information on this topic can be found at SearchingPediatrics.com and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Etiologies of hemoptysis in children: A systematic review of 171 patients. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2017;52(2):255-259. doi:10.1002/ppul.23497 Hemoptysis.

Pediatrics 40

Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Radiology Radiology 40

Taming the SRU

JANUARY 31, 2025

Moderate evidence it helps in a Cochrane review in 2022 NSAIDs Cochrane review 2020 Acute pain: effective but small change Sciatica: no effect Tylenol BMJ Meta-analysis 2015 Tylenol NOT effective Muscle relaxers 2017 Meta Analysis Effective for acute LBP, unclear for chronic No evidence for benzodiazepines qikt: Acute limb ischemia WITH Drs.

Documentation/Coding 54

Documentation/Coding Infectious Diseases Resuscitation Administration 54

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.

Emergency Department 40

Emergency Department CDC Infectious Diseases EMS 40

Mind The Bleep

JANUARY 24, 2025

Pathophysiology and burden of infection in patients with diabetes mellitus and peripheral vascular disease: focus on skin and soft-tissue infections. Pathophysiology and burden of infection in patients with diabetes mellitus and peripheral vascular disease: focus on skin and soft-tissue infections. Cham: Springer; 2017.

Dislocations 52

Dislocations Fractures Soft Tissue Injuries Infectious Diseases 52

ALiEM

DECEMBER 16, 2024

2017 Apr;30(2):179-181. Pott’s puffy tumour: a forgotten complication of frontal sinus disease. The infection is typically polymicrobial warranting gram-positive, gram-negative, and anaerobic antibiotic coverage. References Sharma P, Sharma S, Gupta N, Kochar P, Kumar Y. Pott puffy tumor. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent).

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics Academics Wellness Infectious Diseases 52

Pediatric Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

It causes similar disease and is one of the most studied viruses because of its linkage to vaccine development. It was considered extinct but in 2017 it was reconstituted in the laboratory causing controversary because of its similarity to smallpox. Horsepox is a pox virus that affects horses and not humans.

Infectious Diseases 40

Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Seizures Sepsis 40

EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

Open-access image source: By M.Bitton – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [link] Infectious Disease Exposure It is estimated that, on average, refugees seeking refuge in Uganda visit a health facility 1.8 times per month and that 80-120 refugees are screened daily for infectious diseases in the triage and emergency units.

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Infectious Diseases CDC PPE Rapid Diagnostic Testing 75