Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. falciparum parasitemia , and no other defined cause of AMS (WHO 2023). PMID: 36209409 Comelli A, Guarner ME, Tomasoni LR, Zamboni AF, Pavo BM, Zanotti P, Caligaris S, Matteeli A, Soriano-Arandes A, Castelli F.

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Seizures Pediatrics CDC Infectious Diseases 278

PulmCCM

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Convalescent plasma was also previously shown to be effective at preventing severe disease in outpatients , when given in the first nine days of infection (to mostly unvaccinated U.S. patients infected with the Wuhan/Delta variants in 2020-2021).

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Blood Transfusions Operations Resuscitation Infectious Diseases 98

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 10, 2024

Transfusion Decisions in Severe Anaemia Reducing child mortality remains high on the global health agenda. Let’s take the humble blood transfusion – used in emergency departments across the globe and playing a key role in critical care. However, there is a huge variation in transfusion practice globally.

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Blood Transfusions Research Outcomes Hospitals 78

EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

A whole blood transfusion is initiated for the management of her anemia. 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 Hypoglycemia is managed with IV dextrose.

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