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).

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Coverage with Selected Vaccines and Exemption Rates Among Children in Kindergarten — United States, 2023–24 School Year. The incubation period averages about 7 to 10 days, and the disease progresses through some distinct clinical stages, which I will go over in a moment. Available at: [link] Accessed December 3, 2024.

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Pediatrics PPE Wellness Infectious Diseases 52

Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 18, 2023

None of the patients were documented to have joint disease at follow up. 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. 451 pediatric patients were included.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Obasi 2020) Hepatic and splenic abscesses have been documented in children, and splenic rupture is particularly associated with cases of MDR typhoid fever. (Shah 2021) Acalculous cholecystitis has been described in children which has led to rare reports of gallbladder perforation.

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Pediatrics CDC Seizures Documentation/Coding 161

Mind The Bleep

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Document clearly: The location of all wounds Medical photography or drawn labelled diagrams can aid in explaining the exact location. Clinical microbiology and infection: the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 21 Suppl 2, S27–S32. UK Health Security Agency. Nicksic, P.

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Fractures Infectious Diseases Documentation/Coding Hospitals 52

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. Arthroplasty 5 , 2 (2023). 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2345883.

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EMS Dislocations Fractures Operations 88

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

In the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Guo and colleagues assessed the difference in clinical characteristics between viral pneumonia and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in a large Chinese cohort. 2023 Oct 20. 2023 Oct 16. 2023 Oct 16. 2023 Sep 23. 2023 Oct 31. 2023 Oct 31. 2023 Oct 30.

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Pediatrics Hospitals Infectious Diseases Outcomes 105

EMDocs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This PHEIC status was lifted in May 2023 following a consistent global decline in case numbers. 2 Beginning in January 2023, the DRC documented a record number of annual suspected cases of clade 1 mpox, specifically classified as Clade 1b. Published online April 24, 2023. J Infect Public Health. 2010;3(3):98-105.

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CDC Documentation/Coding Infectious Diseases Dehydration 68

EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

1 By the end of 2023, 117.3 4,5 Of particular concern is the Sudanese conflict, which began in April 2023, and which has caused the largest internal displacement of a population in documented history. 43% of refugees admitted into the US in the first 8 months of the 2023 fiscal year were from Africa. 12 Table 1.

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Infectious Diseases CDC PPE Rapid Diagnostic Testing 67