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).

Sepsis 52

Sepsis Shock Hospitals Infectious Diseases 52

Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

A 2011 meta-analysis in the journal of Academic Emergency Medicine found ESR, CRP, and PCT were not acutely useful in the diagnosis of septic arthritis due to wildly varying sensitivities and specificities between studies. They recommend synovial joint aspiration and analysis for bacteria (and leukocytes) to diagnose SANJO [28]. 2018.09.070.

Infectious Diseases 88

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

Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

While advocates might point to the political clout he exerted to increase funding for infectious disease research, this influence can lead to distorting of funding priorities away from public need and tunnel vision in the direction of the institute. Consolidate the number of institutes and streamline the bureaucracy.

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Infectious Diseases Research Leadership Academics 133

ALiEM

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Some warning signs of severe disease include abdominal pain or vomiting, hepatomegaly, signs of volume overload including ascites or pleural effusion, and an increase in hematocrit with rapid thrombocytopenia. Severe dengue can present with shock, volume overload, severe bleeding, encephalopathy, and liver failure. link] report=reader.

Academics 64

Academics Emergency Department Shock Hospitals 64