Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. Acute kidney injury is associated with impaired cognition and chronic kidney disease in a prospective cohort of children with severe malaria. 2019; 17: 98. Food and Drug Administration Approval of Artesunate for Severe Malaria: Enough to Achieve Best Practice?

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Seizures Pediatrics CDC Infectious Diseases 281

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 22, 2024

Choosing Wisely aims to help clinicians align with best practices by avoiding interventions that are not supported by evidence. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2018; 103: A137-A138. Don’t Forget the Bubbles, 2019 Born K, Kool T, Levinson W. 2019 ;367:l6317. What is the aim of choosing Wisely? Alasdair Munro.

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MAY 29, 2023

Best practices advise not to routinely order an ESR to evaluate for inflammation in an undifferentiated patient and to instead order a CRP when evaluating for acute inflammation (4). The Open Infectious Disease Journal. 2019 May;58(3):484-488. Epub 2019 Jan 24. 2019 Jul;477(7):1594-1602. 2018.09.025.

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Infectious Diseases Emergency Department EMS Hospitals 58

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

2019 Nov 15;16(22):4515. The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. Tonsillitis – Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice US [Internet]. Banerjee S, Ford C.

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