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. This was a secondary outcome embedded in the Travel Fever study – a multi-centre, retrospective diagnostic accuracy study for imported malaria. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2024 Jan 11:1-7. PMID: 38212934.

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Hospitals Sepsis Fractures Emergency Department 78

EMDocs

MARCH 11, 2024

Laboratory testing was not immediately available. The clinical picture of this patient was consistent with hypovolemic shock secondary to acute cholera infection. 16 In resource-constrained settings, rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) on stool samples offer a viable option. cholerae in stool samples before culture.

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Dehydration CDC Rapid Diagnostic Testing Fluid Resuscitation 90

EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

Surgical wound debridement and dressing are performed and the malaria rapid diagnostic test (MRDT) is noted to be positive. Based on available hospital resources, the patient is treated for septic shock secondary to pneumonia and an infected wound using broad-spectrum antibiotics and IV crystalloid fluids.

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Infectious Diseases CDC PPE Rapid Diagnostic Testing 57