Pediatric EM Morsels

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Mycoplasma Pneumonia: Epidemiology According to the CDC , infections from Mycoplasma pneumnoniae have increased in the US, especially in young children. pneumoniae re-emgerged in 2023 after the COVID pandemic. After a prolonged period of low incidence , M.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

After a lull during the COVID 19 pandemic, cases reemerged in 2023 and continued to climb into 2024. Per the CDC, diagnosed mycoplasma infections increased steadily through the summer of 2024, peaking in August for 2 to 4 year olds and 5 to 17 year old age groups.

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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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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). vivax and P. vivax and P.

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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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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Headache red-flag characteristics include neurological symptoms, thunderclap nature, syncope, trauma, immunocompromised, coagulopathy, fever, rash, seizure, nuchal rigidity, altered mental status, pregnancy, temporal tenderness, jaw claudication, and cancer history. 2023 Nov;82(5):615-623. Epub 2023 May 13. doi:10.1111/head.12767

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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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