Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is reporting a 17.3% This is important due to staff turnover. Access audits should be done routinely. OSHA: Is there really an uptick with Sars-CoV-2 transmission? increase with the prevalence of Eris, a subvariant of Omicron.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

A 25-year-old Venezuelan male presented to a Chicago area emergency department (ED) in early November 2023. million cases of CL per year globally; however, CL is not a reportable disease to the CDC, so there is no reliable way to track U.S. CDC website. CDC website. CDC website. Last reviewed October 5, 2023.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Production levels increased steadily back to baseline, achieving normal supply levels in February 2023. A retrospective study done in May 2023, by Shaish et al 24 showed a 30 % reduction in accuracy of NCCT compared to CECT in a study done among 201 adult ED patients with abdominal pain. Accessed August 10, 2023.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A 2022 CDC report showed an overall trend of increasing mental health-related ED visits for children and young people aged 0-17 from 2019 to 2022. A 2023 Quality Improvement (QI) project involved the introduction of a medical clearance algorithm for children presenting with psychiatric emergencies. What is the problem?

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Medagadget

AUGUST 25, 2023

The CDC recently released new recommendations for higher air replacement rates and the use of active air purification equipment in crowded spaces. Within this context, air purification by photocatalytic oxidation (a NASA-derived air-quality control technology) appears to be the preferred solution to this problem.

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JournalFeed

JUNE 17, 2023

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of June 12-16, 2023. These results support CDC recommendations that vaginal swabs are the preferred sample modality when testing for STIs in women. These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 article we cover every week!

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Available from: [link] Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved. PMID: 31870573; PMCID: PMC7008074. Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System [Internet].

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Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 16, 2024

VTE is associated significantly with maternal mortality, and has been cited by the CDC to be up associated with 10.5% Zinter’s full post here VTE (venous thromboembolism) is extremely common, consisting of both DVT and PE, and are a spectrum of diseases that you will come across it in your practice. of all cases of maternal mortality.

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ACEP Now

JULY 6, 2023

In 2023 we must move beyond that title. CDC website : Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines 2021. Accessed June 10, 2023. Accessed June 10, 2023. Emergency physicians help not only save lives, but also save significant sums of money, 24/7/365. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated September 21, 2022.

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Pediatric Education

DECEMBER 3, 2023

doi:10.1093/humupd/dmac014 ART Success Rates | CDC. Published August 2, 2023. Accessed September 12, 2023. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2020;117(3):23-30. doi:10.3238/arztebl.2020.0023 2020.0023 Hanevik HI, Hessen DO. IVF and human evolution. Hum Reprod Update. 2022;28(4):457-479. link] Author Donna M.

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Pediatric Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Accessed October 2, 2023. Child Development: Middle Childhood (6-8 years old) | CDC. Accessed October 2, 2023. Accessed October 2, 2023. link] Centers for Disease Control. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Published February 4, 2021. link] The Growing Child: School-Age (6 to 12 Years). link] Author Donna M.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 15, 2023

CDC website. Accessed September 17, 2023. He is the Annals of Emergency Medicine podcast co-host and Journal Club editor and can be found on Twitter @emlitofnote. References Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. US opioid dispensing rate map. Last updated November 10, 2021. Jones CMP, Day RO, Koes BW, et al.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Another change is the CDC approved the use of IV artesunate for malaria treatment in the US in May 2022. This allowed US hospitals to stock the drug to ensure quick treatment of suspected severe cases, rather than having to ship it from the CDC under the prior expanded-access protocol (Thomas 2023). June 28, 2023.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

CDC 2023] In 2021, there were over 2800 cases of congenital syphilis, tripled from 2017. CDC 2023] Pseudoparalysis of Parrot – Presentation and Exam Infant presents with lack of movement of one or both upper extremities, and will cry with palpation. April 11, 2023. Updated 2023 Aug 8]. July 22, 2021.

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PulmCCM

APRIL 10, 2025

They are rising, but the study (Rosa et al American Journal Infection Control 2025) only showed that they rose significantly at Jackson Health Systems in Miami from 2020 to 2023, which is not news (the CDC’s last tranche of national surveillance data included 2023). Most hospital microbiology labs do not reliably detect C.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

MARCH 17, 2023

In the US, the venomous snakes include rattlesnakes , copperheads, cottonmouths/water moccasins , and coral snakes [ CDC, 2021 ] Rattlesnakes live all across the United State s Copperheads inhabit the eastern U.S. If you are managing a snake bite from a snake that does not typically reside in the U.S.,

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PulmCCM

AUGUST 7, 2023

Circulation) Yet CDC was claiming precisely the opposite in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report around the same time. Some have even suggested that CDC was aware of the concerning European data, and chose to publish an alternative narrative that better supported universal vaccination. (To health systems. university campuses.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A Decline in Vaccination Coverage: A Global Issue In 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that worldwide immunization rates for key vaccines, including the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP3) series, had dropped to 84% from pre-pandemic rates of 86%. 2023 UK Government. have completed their preschool DTaP/IPV booster.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In April 2023, the third edition of the Brain Trauma Foundation’s evidence-based guidelines for the prehospital management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) was published in Prehospital Emergency Care. 2023; [link] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics: Mortality Data on CDC WONDER.

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PulmCCM

JUNE 5, 2023

Read in AJRCCM In The News The Hospitalist and the Resuscitationist 2023 Conference will take place September 27-30 in Montreal. Register today for H&R 2023 Sucralose disrupts DNA in in vitro cell cultures, and is linked to leaky gut syndrome, according to researchers publishing in a toxicology journal.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

2 Case Follow-up: Following an investigation, the Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (N-FELTP), CDC, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identified 57 cases of DEG poisoning among children £ 3 years old, of whom 54 died. CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2023 Mar 3;72(9):217-222.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 15, 2023

CDC Website.Updated April 28,2023. Accessed July 12, 2023. Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones. New York, New York, Avery: Penguin Random House ; 2018. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings.

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Medical Law

JUNE 20, 2023

Bicycle Helmet Safety Standards According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 1000 Americans die, and over 130,000 are injured annually in bicycle crashes and falls. The defective Giro helmets were sold at various retail outlets between September 2021 and January 2023 and retailed for about $220.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This made VAP hard to track, so CDC invented an odd new epidemiologic entity called “ ventilator-associated events ” (which do not require microbiology or chest film interpretation) as a proxy for actual VAPs. .”

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Working closely with the CDC, I came to know a lot about rural medicine and how to improve it,” he says, guessing he may have been tapped for the committee through his work as principal investigator on more than $6.1 Accessed August 21, 2023. million in federal grants. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1966.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 1999-2020 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2021. National Vital Statistics System, Provisional Mortality on CDC WONDER Online Database. 2023, Jan 2). References 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Richardson, J.

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 3, 2024

Former White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator shares a celebrity endorsement and suggests any critic is “a fool” Benefits The CDC recently outlined benefits to expect from repeat COVID vaccination in 2023-2024. vaccine, the CDC estimated the quantitative benefits we might expect from the new booster.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

2023 Nov;82(5):615-623. Epub 2023 May 13. CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain–United States, 2016. Feb 2016;56(2):331-40. doi:10.1111/head.12767 12767 Forestell B, Sabbineni M, Sharif S, Chao J, Eltorki M. Ann Emerg Med. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.04.011. 2023.04.011. PMID: 37178102.

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JANUARY 13, 2024

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Pediatric Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Specific testing for toxin is by an immunodiffusion assay called the Elek test which is only performed by the CDC in the U.S. Accessed June 26, 2023. Diagnosis is suspected clinically with throat (under the membrane is best) or skin culture confirmation. Diphtheria is a reportable disease in the U.S. Future Micobiol. 2021;17(3):185-97.

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RebelEM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

4 The 2023 ACORN Trial ( covered here on REBEL EM ) randomized 2,511 patients requiring antipseudomonal coverage to receive either cefepime or piperacillin-tazobactam. In 2021, Buckley et. 3 The same year, Ross et. address in the article discussed below.

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ALiEM

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Serological studies in disseminated disease are highly sensitive and the CDC recommends two-step testing such as an enzyme immunoassay or immunofluorescent antibody assay followed by a Western blot if the initial testing is positive or equivocal. Treatment of disseminated Lyme depends on the systems involved. JAMA Dermatol.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 25, 2025

From Reactive to Proactive The implications for NIH (and potentially the FDA and CDC) are profound. NIH has greater insights into the types of questions being investigated and therefore can provide greater stewardship.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Chiodini 2018) Use Azithromycin for travelers from areas of XDR Salmonella Typhi , per the CDC recommendation that currently refers to those with recent travels to Pakistan and Iraq. The CDC Yellow Book app 2018. Treatment: Oral rehydration can be considered if the patient is tolerating PO intake. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Sep;19:75-77.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 4, 2025

And so I do encourage you to be familiar with some of the information provided by the CDC as long as it’s still online. So as of the 2023-24 school year, about 3.3% 2023 translates to about 80,000 kids in the United States, and vaccination coverage varies across states. So in the 2023-24 school year. Unfortunately.

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PulmCCM

JANUARY 8, 2025

The outcome was a composite of death and severe respiratory complications, which were defined as pneumonia by the CDC’s definition, or severe hypoxemic respiratory failure with pulmonary infiltrates, i.e. acute respiratory distress syndrome or ARDS. 2023 Sep 13;9(9):CD012631. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012631.pub3.

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Taming the SRU

JANUARY 22, 2025

2,3] In 2020, the CDC estimates that asthma exacerbations accounted for almost 1,000,000 ED visits and almost 100,000 inpatient hospitalizations. [4] Saloni Dattani, Fiona Spooner, Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser (2023) - Causes of Death Published online at OurWorldinData.org. Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

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