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Episode 16 - Recognizing and Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Emergency Department

EB Medicine

Join hosts Jeff Nusbaum, MD, and Nachi Gupta, MD on this episode of EMplify as they take you through the May 2018 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice: Recognizing and Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Emergency Department. This month’s issue was authored by Drs.

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Congenital Syphilis

Pediatric EM Morsels

Neonates presenting to the Emergency Department often cause a lot of uncertainty. Let’s review how Congenital Syphilis may present to our Emergency Departments: Congenital Syphilis : Basics Occurs when the spirochete Treponema pallidum is transmitted from mother to fetus. Is this scalp swelling normal?

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The End of Respiratory Season Hell?

EM Literature of Note

These are each awful, of course, in their own way from a patient- and parent-oriented standpoint, but they’re also quite awful at the population level, overburdening limited pediatric and emergency department resources. “Nirsevimab and Acute Bronchiolitis Episodes in Pediatric Emergency Departments” [link] Tweet

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EM@3AM: Malignant/Necrotizing Otitis Externa

EMDocs

A 67-year-old man with a history of hypertension and diabetes presents to the emergency department with right ear pain for 2 weeks. Infectious diseases , 4 (1), 34–39. Infectious diseases, 4(1), 34–39. and Staphylococcus spp. His vital signs are normal except for a temperature of 38.2°C The Lancet.

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

Taming the SRU

The LP is now a standard procedure and in 2010 well over 135,000 LPs were performed in Emergency Departments throughout the US (3). 2018) Epidemiology of lumbar punctures in hospitalized patients in the United States. Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases , 45 (9), 657–663. WHO - Who Needs an LP in the ED?

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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

While PCT may be more specific for bacterial infections, it is flawed by still being rather non-specific and is not validated as a stand-alone diagnostic criteria for infection in the setting of the emergency department. In 7 studies with 4164 patients, PCT with a cut-off > 0.1 ng/mL (strongly recommended against antibiotics), 0.1-0.25

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PEM POCUS Series: Soft Tissue Ultrasound

ALiEM

Case Introduction: Child with abdominal pain Wendy is a 7-year-old girl who comes into the emergency department with redness, swelling, and pain on her left calf. Ann Emerg Med 2020 [5] 2,656 Systematic review of adult and pediatric studies 94.6% (89.4-97.4%) Pediatr Emerg Care. J Emerg Med. 2018 Jan;54(1):96-101.