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Good To Know: April 10, 2025

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Almeida et al Crit Care Med 2025 ) They did have more major bleeding (10% vs 1%), often requiring blood transfusions. The CDC or an authorized reference lab can reliably identify the organism, but most cases go unrecognized outside of formal surveillance programs. Most patients had ischemic stroke.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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A whole blood transfusion is initiated for the management of her anemia. 57 Emergency clinicians should strongly consider infectious disease (ID) consult or speaking with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for treatment recommendations in cases of newly-diagnosed malaria given that malaria is not endemic in the US.