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JULY 20, 2023

Welcome to the AIR Infectious Disease Module! After carefully reviewing all relevant posts in the past 12 months from the top 50 sites of the Social Media Index, the ALiEM AIR Team is proud to present the highest quality online content related to related to infectious diseases in the Emergency Department.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

A 26-year-old male with a past medical history of eczema presented to the Emergency Department with a rash for two days. link] Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved.

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Academics Emergency Department Infectious Diseases 60

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

While PCT may be more specific for bacterial infections, it is flawed by still being rather non-specific and is not validated as a stand-alone diagnostic criteria for infection in the setting of the emergency department. They recommend synovial joint aspiration and analysis for bacteria (and leukocytes) to diagnose SANJO [28].

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A 50-year-old male with insulin-dependent Type 2 Diabetes presented to the emergency department with three days of pain and swelling on the right side of his neck. He endorsed progression of his symptoms, reporting that he was now having fevers, myalgias, and intermittent difficulty swallowing solid foods. J Clin Microbiol.

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Academics Emergency Department Infectious Diseases 70

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JANUARY 22, 2024

A 40-year-old male, tailor by occupation, was brought to the Emergency Department with complaints of high-grade fever for the past 11 days. Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved.

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Academics Documentation/Coding Emergency Department Hospitals 64

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

An otherwise healthy 34-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with two weeks of anterior neck pain. Copyright Images and cases from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Clinical Images Exhibit at the 2023 SAEM Annual Meeting | Copyrighted by SAEM 2023 – all rights reserved. PMID: 22633566.

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Academics Wellness Emergency Department Hospitals 60

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MARCH 11, 2024

In July 2022, a 32-year-old male with a past medical history of HIV (on antiretroviral therapy, CD4 390, viral load undetectable) presented to the emergency department with constitutional symptoms and a rash for 4-5 days. “Monkeypox virus infection in humans across 16 countries—April–June 2022.” ” N Engl J Med.

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Academics Documentation/Coding Emergency Department Hospitals 56