Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 18, 2024

In France, another large randomised controlled trial of Eculizumab in typical HUS – ECULISHU ( Ecul izumab in S higa-toxin Related Hemolytic and U remic S yndrome Pediatric Patients) – has just finished. Clinical Infectious Diseases [Internet]. Disease severity of Shiga toxin-producingE. Pediatric Nephrology.

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Pediatric Education

MAY 14, 2023

Patient Presentation A 9-month-old, previously healthy, male came to clinic for followup 2 days after being discharged from the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). cyanotic congenital heart disease or left ventricular dysfunction). Reexpansion pulmonary edema: review of pediatric cases. Pediatr Crit Care Med.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 26, 2023

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. Vazquez, Thomas J. Walsh, Theoklis E. Zaoutis, Jack D. PMID: 1740572.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 22, 2024

Archives of Disease in Childhood 2018; 103: A137-A138. Front Pediatr. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2020;105:A86-A87. 2018 Oct 15;7(4):e000372. Understanding the utility of blood tests will reduce duplication of normal tests on paediatric wards. References Adamson J. Alasdair Munro. 2022 Sep 13;10:945540.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

APRIL 5, 2024

Globally, ticks are the second most common vector to transmit illnesses after mosquitos (Parola 2018). Jensenius 2004) Scrub typhus is one of the most common infectious disease in rural areas of south and southeastern Asia and the western Pacific. 2018 Mar; 3(1): 8. These resolve within 1 week. Trop Med Infect Dis.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. Pediatr Infect Dis J. Infectious complications and optimising infection prevention for children with cochlear implants. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2018 [cited 2022 Dec 28]. Karageorgos, S.;

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Recently, a pediatric patient presented to the ED who just returned from abroad with a gastroenteritis presentation. In the US 95% of vaccine-eligible pediatric patients who travel are unvaccinated (McAteer 2021) Drug resistance has been developing over time. In addition to my passion for PEM, I also share a passion for global health.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

with this disease, though likely under-diagnosed), but is worth talking about when considering alternatives to other life-altering diseases that cause lymph node enlargement – Leukemia , Kawasaki Disease , Missed Kawasaki Disease , Neonatal Leukemia , or even Cat Scratch Disease.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 4, 2024

We published the first pediatric SOAR review in AEM Education and Training on the topic of respiratory infectious disease. In this new pediatric SOAR review, we found that only 36 of the 441 blog posts reached this high-quality threshold score. We want to help you learn! How can I use these findings?

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Figure 1 shows the Rowlands leucodepletion protocol, image taken from Rowlands, Pediatrics 2010 The infants treated using the Rowlands strategy achieved a 90% survival rate , compared to 55% in the control group , which included historical patients and case mix-adjusted mortality data. Pediatr Crit Care Med J. Pediatrics.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Adapted from: Byington et al (2015, Clinical Infectious Disease, [link] ) When to think about primary immunodeficiency? Using TRECs to screen for SCID has been used in the USA since 2018 and UK is currently undertaking a pilot of whether to include it as part of the day 5 newborn bloodspot screen. Pediatr Allergy Immunol.

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast , we explore pertussis, also known as whooping cough – a disease that remains a public health challenge despite widespread vaccination efforts. Available from: [link] Pediatrics in Review Heather L. Pediatr Rev May 2018; 39 (5): 247–257.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A new study conducted by the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) aimed to determine whether LGG could reduce the severity of gastroenteritis in children. However, for pediatric gastroenteritis, the evidence suggests they do not provide significant benefits. 2018 Nov 22;379(21):2002-2014. Pediatrics, 2013.

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Additionally, guidelines were reviewed from the american college of emergency physicians, infectious disease society of america, and the american academy of pediatrics. Nachi: And just last year we saw the 2017-2018 influenza epidemic with record-breaking ED visits. I’d say that’s a pretty reputable group of sources.

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Pediatric Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Related Cases Disease: Toxoplasmosis Symptom/Presentation: Health Maintenance and Disease Prevention Specialty: Infectious Diseases | Neonatology | Obstetrics / Gynecology Age: Premature Newborn To Learn More To view pediatric review articles on this topic from the past year check PubMed. 2020;105(5):262-269.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

In JAMA Pediatrics, Lassalle and colleagues studied the association between PPI use and the risk of serious infections (requiring hospitalization) in young children. In the European Journal of Pediatrics, Wang and colleagues studied 2513 patients between 3-18 years of age who presented with vasovagal syncope. Pediatr Nephrol.

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ALiEM

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Adult primary disease is not common and is more severe than pediatric illness. Antivirals are not indicated after the first day of illness in immunocompetent adults with mild to moderate disease. 2018 Nov 2;10(11):609. References Gomez-Gutierrez AK, Flores-Camargo AA, Casillas Fikentscher A, et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg.

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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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