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EM@3AM: Leukopenia

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PCP Pneumonia, Sepsis) can be discharged with initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in consultation with Infectious Disease (ID) physician with full ID evaluation outpatient. BioMed Research International, 2020, 1-10. General approach to infectious diseases evaluation. link] Fan, L., Li, C., & Zhao, H.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 115: Adult Meningitis

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A 2020 Cochrane review found the pooled sensitivity was 65%. Published 2020 Jun 11. The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults [published correction appears in J Infect. Do not rely on this to rule out bacterial meningitis.

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EM@3AM: Pediatric Osteomyelitis

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2020 Jun;8(6):e19.00202-e19.00202. Other children at risk for osteomyelitis include those with sickle cell disease , sepsis , an indwelling catheter , and immunodeficiency (e.g., due to chronic granulomatous disease). Infectious disease expertise is useful as the optimum duration of treatment is not well established.

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2023 Critical Care Year in Review (Part 1)

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Sepsis, infectious disease Managing septic shock with a restrictive-fluids approach (preferentially using vasopressors after a single liter crystalloid bolus) led to similar outcomes as the usual practice of bolusing large volumes of fluids first. Either approach in severe sepsis with shock seems reasonable.

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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

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Spinal Infection: According to the Infectious Disease Society of America’s (IDSA) 2015 guidelines for native vertebral osteomyelitis, CRP and ESR in the setting of protracted back pain have sensitivities ranging from 94 to 100% for ruling out infection and malignancy in these patients. days (secondary endpoint) [51].

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The Latest in Critical Care, 10/30/23 (Issue #18)

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Professional Medical Societies Call for Elimination of SEP-1 The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), along with societies for emergency medicine physicians and hospitalists, are again speaking up about the ongoing policy experiment known as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Management Bundle (SEP-1).

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The Latest in Critical Care, 7/10/23 (Issue #8)

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Continuous meropenem infusion for critically ill patients with sepsis Antibiotics have a time-dependent effect on bacteria; maintaining bacteriocidal concentrations of antibiotics should help subdue infections better than intermittent dosing. Mortality was about 30% in each group, and most patients had hospital-acquired sepsis.

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