Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

A 2017 review in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine reiterates that no single inflammatory markers (including CRP, ESR, and PCT) can be used as a stand-alone test to confirm or exclude infection, but instead advocates for using the tests as adjunctive information for emergency physicians to shape their pre-test probability of infection [26].

Infectious Diseases 88

Infectious Diseases Sepsis Emergency Department Point-of-Care Testing 88

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Antibiotics 2023, 12, 1092. For example, the RCH Melbourne guideline recommends antibiotics only for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Maori and Pacific Islanders, those with a personal or family history of rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease, or immunosuppressed children. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America.

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Emergency Department Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Sepsis 143

Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Accessed July 17, 2023. Effect of point-of-care testing for respiratory pathogens on antibiotic use in children. Making Sense of Respiratory Viral Panel Results. Brennan-Krohn, Thea. American Society for Microbiology. Mattila S, Paalanne N, Honkila M, Pokka T, Tapiainen T. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(6):e2216162.

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