PulmCCM

APRIL 10, 2025

They are rising, but the study (Rosa et al American Journal Infection Control 2025) only showed that they rose significantly at Jackson Health Systems in Miami from 2020 to 2023, which is not news (the CDC’s last tranche of national surveillance data included 2023). Most hospital microbiology labs do not reliably detect C.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

MARCH 17, 2023

In the US, the venomous snakes include rattlesnakes , copperheads, cottonmouths/water moccasins , and coral snakes [ CDC, 2021 ] Rattlesnakes live all across the United State s Copperheads inhabit the eastern U.S. If you are managing a snake bite from a snake that does not typically reside in the U.S.,

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RebelEM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), or what the CDC recently renamed infection-related ventilator-associated complication (IVAC), is defined as a nosocomial pneumonia occurring on day 3 of mechanical ventilation that was preceded by 2 days of stable or decreasing ventilator requirements. 4, 8 Paper: Dahyot-Fizelier, C.,

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Similarly, the global vaccine coverage of children who received a first dose of measles vaccine was 83% in 2023, compared to pre-pandemic levels of 86% in 2019. A review of child deaths in England and Wales from 2019 to 2022 revealed that delayed or missed vaccinations were a contributing factor in 3% of cases. 2010;375(9716):2134-45.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

2 Case Follow-up: Following an investigation, the Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (N-FELTP), CDC, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identified 57 cases of DEG poisoning among children £ 3 years old, of whom 54 died. CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. McGraw Hill, 2019.

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EMDocs

JULY 11, 2023

Sites of initial bleeding episodes, mode of delivery and age of diagnosis in babies with haemophilia diagnosed before the age of 2 years: a report from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Universal Data Collection (UDC) project. Published 2019. Haemophilia. 2009 Nov;15(6):1281-90. PMID: 19637999. PMID: 7382250.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 19, 2019

Date: January 17th , 2019 Reference: Clemency et al. Date: January 17th , 2019 Reference: Clemency et al. 2] Three distinct waves have been observed according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-P): * Wave 1: Increase in prescription opioid overdose deaths in the 1990’s [3].

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Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 7, 2024

According to a CDC study, VTE contributes to 10.5% In addition to discussing the diagnostic pathway and how it differs in pregnancy, we will discuss the treatment options available to both unstable and stable patients during pregnancy and the postpartum period. It is estimated to affect every 1 in 500 to 2000 pregnancies. Haematologica.

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American Medical Compliance

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that over 47,000 people took their own lives in 2019. Suicide is the second most common cause of death for young people in the United States between the ages of 10 and 24, raising serious concerns about public health.

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Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

They found that suicide rates in 2020 were increased in October and November for men and in July through November for women when compared to 2016-2019. in the corresponding period in 2019. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 1999-2020 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2021. References 1.

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Critical Care Now

APRIL 5, 2022

According to CDC data , more than 64000 Americans died in 2020 from TBI, and many more experience long-term sequelae, making them one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity across all age groups. The data was collected from 2007 until 2015, analyzed from 2015 until 2019, and then published in 2019.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

Sasser SM, Hunt RC, Faul M, Sugerman D, Pearson WS, Dulski T, Wald MM, Jurkovich GJ, Newgard CD, Lerner EB; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 2019 Jul;144(1):e20183221. Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2012 Jan 13;61(RR-1):1-20. PMID: 22237112. Pediatrics. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-3221.

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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). CDC 2024) Generally, most ticks require >24 hours of attachment for there to be a risk of transfer of the infectious agent.

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Pediatric Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Specific testing for toxin is by an immunodiffusion assay called the Elek test which is only performed by the CDC in the U.S. An initial study for such a vaccine was published in 2019. Diagnosis is suspected clinically with throat (under the membrane is best) or skin culture confirmation. Diphtheria is a reportable disease in the U.S.

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RebelEM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

They analyzed the electronic health records of patients presenting to the ED who met modified Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sepsis surveillance criteria and received empiric treatment with either vancomycin/piperacillin-tazobactam or vancomycin/cefepime. 2019 Jul;3(7):520-531. 2019 Aug 1;69(4):604-613.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 6, 2023

(Forster, 2021) Transmission is by Fecal-Oral route (Chiodini 2018) Incubation period 6-30 days after exposure (Chiodini 2018) Salmonella typhi produces an endotoxin although its clinical significance is not yet well understood (Gibani 2019) Two typhoid vaccines are available for those > 6 m/o and are 50-80% effective. Clin Infect Dis.

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EMDocs

JULY 26, 2023

2 In 1996, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the remaining stocks of variola virus to be destroyed or transferred to one of two designated biosafety level 4 facilities: the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia or the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology in Koltsovo, Russia. Updated October 8, 2019.

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Taming the SRU

JANUARY 22, 2025

2,3] In 2020, the CDC estimates that asthma exacerbations accounted for almost 1,000,000 ED visits and almost 100,000 inpatient hospitalizations. [4] link] GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators. 2020 Oct 17;396(10258):1204-1222. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30925-9.

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PulmCCM

JANUARY 8, 2025

The outcome was a composite of death and severe respiratory complications, which were defined as pneumonia by the CDC’s definition, or severe hypoxemic respiratory failure with pulmonary infiltrates, i.e. acute respiratory distress syndrome or ARDS. 2019 Aug;63(7):947-955. Epub 2019 Mar 25. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand.

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EB Medicine

MAY 23, 2022

CDC ) It is a zoonotic disease , meaning it is transmitted from animal to humans, with primary reservoir in squirrels, Gambian poached rats, dormice, different species of monkeys and others. Health Departments and the CDC. The CDC recommends vaccination within 4 days of exposure to prevent disease, with ACAM2000.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Open-access image reference: By Giovanni Maki, derived from a CDC image at [link] – Basáñez M-G, Pion SDS, Churcher TS, Breitling LP, Little MP, et al. doi:10.1155/2019/7276230 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). 13 Figure 1. volvulus life cycle. 2006) River Blindness: A Success Story under Threat? 2019;2019:1-9.

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EMDocs

MARCH 11, 2024

3 Between 1990 and 2019, there were approximately 3 million deaths due to cholera globally, indicating a significant public health issue. Zinc therapy The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends starting zinc supplementation in children with cholera infection. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2018 Nov;38(sup1):S16-S31.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 14, 2024

The CDC reports that in the US in 2020 there were 93 Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths per 100,000 live births (Fig. million babies born in 2020, and the CDC reports there were about 1,389 SIDS deaths. Figure 2 From the CDC Website. Their caption: SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Files.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

IgG Predominant with low IgM and absent IgA CSF VDRL is the gold standard test and the only non-treponemal test recommended by the CDC [4] The test lacks sensitivity (27-98.3%); the specificity is somewhere between 74-100% [17] Visibly blood-stained CSF should not be used for assessment. 2019 Oct 31;381(18):1789. In: StatPearls.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

57 Emergency clinicians should strongly consider infectious disease (ID) consult or speaking with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for treatment recommendations in cases of newly-diagnosed malaria given that malaria is not endemic in the US. In: CDC Yellow Book 2024. In: CDC Yellow Book 2024. 57 Table 2.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 4, 2025

And so I do encourage you to be familiar with some of the information provided by the CDC as long as it’s still online. And it can be hard to figure out what immuno competency by disease and vaccine status really means. So how common is it for children to be unvaccinated in the United States? Unfortunately. Interesting.

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 28, 2025

What factors were blamed for the 2019 Samoa measles outbreak in the peer reviewed literature and news coverage? ” Second, “ Robert F Kennedy was seldom held responsible for the Samoa measles outbreak between 2019 and 2023 (18.5% Then, RFK Jr visited the island in 2019, and the outbreak began a month or two later.

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Recently the 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa has come back into the news. An outbreak of measles occurred there in 2019 and led to over 5600 cases of measles, 1867 hospitalizations and 83 deaths — mostly healthy infants and young children. I can predict the counter-arguments. The establishment is just as bad.

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