PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

Per the CDC, diagnosed mycoplasma infections increased steadily through the summer of 2024, peaking in August for 2 to 4 year olds and 5 to 17 year old age groups. Studies supporting antibiotic treatment of documented mycoplasma pneumoniae in children are limited. There was publication bias, heterogeneity, and lack of blinding.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 16, 2023

There’s no randomized trial data to support this practice, and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC, whose recommendations CDC generally adopts) has advised against routine replacement of central lines as an infection prevention strategy. At some centers, central lines are regularly replaced (e.g.,

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ACEP Now

JULY 6, 2023

Now, many PID patients are treated and released after ED administration of appropriate antibiotics to eradicate possible infection by Neisseria gonorrhea and Chlamydia trachomatis , often with added treatment for anaerobic microbes. CDC website : Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines 2021. In 2023 we must move beyond that title.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This document is an update of guidelines first published in 2000, and then updated in 2007. Confounders to the GCS such as seizure and post-ictal phase, ingestions and drug overdose, as well as medications administered in the prehospital setting that impact GCS score should be documented. References Lulla A, et al. Prehosp Emerg Care.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 16, 2024

To meet CDC and WHO diagnostic criteria for pertussis, suspected cases must exhibit a cough lasting at least two weeks, creating a prolonged period during which patients may be infectious before a diagnosis is confirmed. JOINT committee on vaccination and immunisation code of practice June. Measles facts [Internet]. Epidemiol Infect.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

If you thought administrators had a bee in their bonnet for SEP-1 before, just wait. Hospital administrators put VAP on the kill list. And maybe, noticing all the fuss, some clinicians might have started coding for VAP slightly less often in equivocal cases. The stakes are going up. That was the pregame. In 2008, the U.S.

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ACEP Now

APRIL 2, 2024

4 The association between ackee ingestion and the illness was initially recognized in 1875 and officially documented in 1904. 5 Despite being endemic to Jamaica, cases of THS have been reported across the world, with the first case in the United States documented in 1993. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Clin Toxicol.

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