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CDC growth charts are commonly used for children two years or older. Are there signs of significant dehydration or malnutrition? If severely dehydrated or malnourished, then they require admission for close monitoring with rehydration and refeeding. WHO growth charts are commonly used for children less than two years old.
Pediatric patients with recent travel and fever of unknown origin should be considered for admission if malaria is a possible diagnosis. Malaria requires 3 negative thick and thin smears over 12 hours to fully exclude.
CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain–United States, 2016. Effects of hydration and dehydration on blood rheology in sickle cell trait carriers during exercise. Comparative Analgesic Efficacy of Oxycodone/Acetaminophen vs Codeine/Acetaminophen for Short-Term Pain Management Following ED Discharge. Am J Hematol.
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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. In: CDC Yellow Book 2024. In: CDC Yellow Book 2024. 57 Table 2.
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