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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Pediatric Education

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

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. Accessed August 29, 2023.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 11, 2024

Author: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) // Reviewed by Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) The American Heart Association (AHA) and Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) released their 2023 Scientific Statement on the critical care management of post ROSC patients. 2023 Dec 1. Neurocrit Care. doi: 10.1007/s12028-023-01871-6. Epub ahead of print.

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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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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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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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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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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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