2023 Infectious Diseases Sepsis 
PulmCCM
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Sepsis, infectious disease Managing septic shock with a restrictive-fluids approach (preferentially using vasopressors after a single liter crystalloid bolus) led to similar outcomes as the usual practice of bolusing large volumes of fluids first. Either approach in severe sepsis with shock seems reasonable.
PEMBlog
OCTOBER 18, 2023
rectally, prompting a sepsis workup given his age. The patient was ultimately discharged on a seven-day total course of cephalexin per Pediatric Infectious Disease recommendations. Exanthematous disease induced by toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 in the early neonatal period. 2023; 40( 2): 349- 351. Nishida, H.,
Taming the SRU
AUGUST 30, 2023
Specific Evidence: Septic arthritis: According to the European Journal of Bone and Joint Infection’s 2023 guidelines for septic arthritis of native joints (SANJO), no blood tests have adequate sensitivity or specificity to either diagnose or exclude SANJO. days (secondary endpoint) [51].
ACEP Now
MARCH 6, 2024
The Sisyphean task remains to try to keep up—and, in that vein—here is a light round of the emergency medicine literature from 2023. A Myriad of Infectious Disease Papers The use of steroids in severe sepsis remains challenging, primarily as proper patient selection is necessary to tease out those with the greatest likelihood of benefit.
ACEP Now
MAY 10, 2024
Patients with flank pain (which would suggest pyelonephritis) as well as patients meeting two or more SIRS criteria (which would suggest sepsis) comprise a higher risk group. Published online 2023. Clinical Infectious Diseases. As a result, obtaining a urinalysis in these patients is almost always prudent.
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).
Mind The Bleep
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Always consider management as per ATLS protocol and SEPSIS 6 if relevant. Clinical microbiology and infection: the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 21 Suppl 2, S27–S32. Ensure the wound has been adequately washed out. UK Health Security Agency. link] Chu, D.
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