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Imported Malaria

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For non-complicated malaria use oral Co ART em. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. PMID: 30666615 The post Imported Malaria appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. falciparum parasitemia , and no other defined cause of AMS (WHO 2023). Treating malaria is an ART! Add oral Primaquine if known to have P.

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Cholera: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

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Authors: Gaston Omba, MD (EM Resident Physician, Makerere University); Jessica Pelletier, DO (EM Education Fellow, Washington University in St. 16 In resource-constrained settings, rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) on stool samples offer a viable option. Published online October 20, 2021. Accessed March 5, 2024.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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Surgical wound debridement and dressing are performed and the malaria rapid diagnostic test (MRDT) is noted to be positive. 2021-0784 Long B, MacDonald A, Liang SY, et al. Published online July 1, 2021. Intravenous (IV) crystalloids, IV paracetamol (acetaminophen), and IV dextrose are administered. Am J Emerg Med.