2019 Documentation/Coding Infectious Diseases 
PEMBlog
MARCH 4, 2025
Clin Infect Dis 2019; 68:13. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 18 Oct. Studies supporting antibiotic treatment of documented mycoplasma pneumoniae in children are limited. 2024 Dec;56(1):2386636. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2024.2386636. Epub 2024 Aug 3.
Pediatric EM Morsels
AUGUST 18, 2023
None of the patients were documented to have joint disease at follow up. Etminan 2019) In Belgium between 2010 – 2013, of the 262 children treated with fluroquinolones while hospitalized, only 17% were used for labelled indications. BMC Infectious Disease. There were 2523 children included. Clin Pediatr.
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Emergency Medicine Ireland
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
once conclusively shown to be a fungal infection heavyweights from the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (the ICNafp) weighed in and it became officially Jirovecii with “i”s at the end. References: Fishman JA, Gans H; AST Infectious Diseases Community of Practice. 2019 Sep;33(9):e13587.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
JANUARY 22, 2024
A QIP performed in a paediatric intensive care unit aimed to reduce unnecessary LFT requests by implementing a blood test request form and a table of common investigations to facilitate and document discussion between the nursing and medical teams. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2018; 103: A137-A138. 2019 ;367:l6317.
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. This is the benchmark required to effectively halt transmission of these highly contagious diseases. This contributed to a sharp increase in cases of both diseases in 2024.
EB Medicine
JANUARY 2, 2019
Jeff: With that, let’s get into the first episode of 2019 – the topic this month is first trimester pregnancy emergencies: recognition and management. For a completed abortion, you would expect a closed OS with no IUP on ultrasound with a previously documented IUP. Patients may or may not note the passage of products of conception.
Don't Forget the Bubbles
JANUARY 20, 2025
Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The disease is named after Dr. Gerhard Armauer Hansen, who discovered the causative bacterium in 1873. It primarily affects the skin, peripheral nerves, upper respiratory tract, and eyes.
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