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Travel-Related Illnesses in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

In one ED study, ALL cases of missed travel-related illness did not have a documented travel history in their ED note , whereas 90% of the identified travel-related illnesses had a provider documented travel history (Greenky 2022) Those who are visiting friends and relatives (VFR) are typically at highest risk. 2021 May; 8:1-16.

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Fluoroquinolone Use In Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

None of the patients were documented to have joint disease at follow up. Morley 2022) This myth is: BUSTED. BMC Infectious Disease. There were 2523 children included. Number of adverse effects was similar between the groups, however in the Levofloxacin group 85% of MSK complaints were arthralgias. 41(2):121-122.

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Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulations for Dental HCP

American Medical Compliance

Workers covered by the legislation on Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (Cal. COVID-19 Prevention Requirements The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board decided to approve COVID-19 preventative standards that are not emergency measures on December 15, 2022. Employees who are working from home. 8, § 5199) (section 5199).

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Not Your Usual Irritated Eye

ALiEM

In July 2022, a 32-year-old male with a past medical history of HIV (on antiretroviral therapy, CD4 390, viral load undetectable) presented to the emergency department with constitutional symptoms and a rash for 4-5 days. There is limited literature documenting eye involvement and pictographic examples of its presentation. Eye (Lond).

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The resurgence of vaccine preventable infections: Measles and Pertussis

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This contributed to a sharp increase in cases of both diseases in 2024. 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. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. 2010;375(9716):2134-45. Measles facts [Internet].

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How Late Can You Give Routine Newborn Care?

Pediatric Education

Young infants presenting with conjunctivitis should have their medical charts reviewed for maternal sexually transmitted infection screening status as well as if actual administration of a topical antibiotic to the infants eyes was documented, remembering that only Neisseria gonorrohea is treated with erythromycin. BMC Pediatr. Pediatrics.

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

PulmCCM

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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