2022 Documentation/Coding Infectious Diseases 
Don't Forget the Bubbles
DECEMBER 16, 2024
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].
Pediatric EM Morsels
AUGUST 18, 2023
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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American Medical Compliance
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
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).
ALiEM
MARCH 11, 2024
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).
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. Don’t Forget the Bubbles, 2022 Levinson W, Kallewaard M, Bhatia RS, et al. BMJ Qual Saf.
PulmCCM
OCTOBER 30, 2023
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).
EMDocs
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
Posterior – Shortened, adducted, internally rotated 5,6 Anterior – Shortened, abducted, externally rotated 5,6 As with all dislocations, perform and document distal neurovascular exam before and after management. 8 Perform and document distal neurovascular exam. 2022 Jul;3(7):543-548. BJO-2022-0026.R1.
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