Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 14, 2024

The CDC reports that in the US in 2020 there were 93 Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths per 100,000 live births (Fig. million babies born in 2020, and the CDC reports there were about 1,389 SIDS deaths. Figure 2 From the CDC Website. Their caption: SOURCE: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Files.

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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. Prehosp Emerg Care. Accessed 2022, [link].

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American Medical Compliance

JANUARY 25, 2024

The CDC’s FluSurv-NET system, a sentinel network of healthcare facilities, documented over 104,000 flu-related hospitalizations across 13 states during past flu seasons. The year 2024 marks another significant chapter in the healthcare industry’s ongoing battle against infectious diseases, and the numbers speak volumes.

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PulmCCM

MARCH 4, 2024

About half of participants had had documented prior Covid infection. Out of 800,000 people invited, more than 112,000 people in the UK enrolled and actually completed extensive detailed survey questions on persistent symptoms, and a battery of online cognitive testing. standard deviation).

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 28, 2024

These disparities cause the NICHD, AAP, and CDC to pour extra resources into disseminating the Safe to Sleep message to these groups. SIDS rates are highest among poor families, people of color, single mothers, and people in disadvantaged areas. When surveyed, Black people, Native People, and Pacific Islanders report more tummy-sleeping.

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PulmCCM

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

According to CDC: Paxlovid works against BA.2.86. Because the number of documented cases is low, official sources are hesitating to declare BA.2.86 Previous infection with XBB helps protect against BA.2.86, 2.86, which means vaccines will probably work against it (as the shots are now partially based on XBB).

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Failure to thrive’ has many definitions We use standardized charts to document infant growth. CDC growth charts are commonly used for children two years or older. Infants who are slow to gain weight require early treatment as they are at risk for having a short stature, behavioural and emotional problems, and developmental delays.

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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). Toxicology Rep.

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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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EMDocs

JULY 11, 2023

Sites of initial bleeding episodes, mode of delivery and age of diagnosis in babies with haemophilia diagnosed before the age of 2 years: a report from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Universal Data Collection (UDC) project. Haemophilia. 2009 Nov;15(6):1281-90. PMID: 19637999. Plummer ES, et al. PMID: 23968747.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And maybe, noticing all the fuss, some clinicians might have started coding for VAP slightly less often in equivocal cases. Its incidence was closely tracked, and nonprofit organizations provided bundles for how to eradicate it.

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ACEP Now

JULY 6, 2023

Brian Zink captured a wonderful initial vision statement for our specialty with the title of his book, “Anyone, Anything, Anytime,” which documented the history of our specialty. CDC website : Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines 2021. In 2023 we must move beyond that title. References Herness J, Buttolph A, Hammer NC.

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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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EB Medicine

DECEMBER 1, 2018

The CDC estimates that epidemics cost 10 billion dollars per year. Antigen drift refers to small point mutations to the viral genes that code for H and N. The CDC defines “influenza-like illness” as a temperature > 100 F, plus cough or sore throat, in the absence of a known cause other than influenza.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Chiodini 2018) Use Azithromycin for travelers from areas of XDR Salmonella Typhi , per the CDC recommendation that currently refers to those with recent travels to Pakistan and Iraq. Obasi 2020) Hepatic and splenic abscesses have been documented in children, and splenic rupture is particularly associated with cases of MDR typhoid fever.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

2016.07.025 Pinkbook: Tetanus | CDC. J Emerg Med. 1990;8(3):321-325. doi:10.1016/0736-4679(90)90013-l Woldeamanuel YW, Andemeskel AT, Kyei K, Woldeamanuel MW, Woldeamanuel W. Case fatality of adult tetanus in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurol Sci. 2016;368:292-299. doi:10.1016/j.jns.2016.07.025 Published August 17, 2021.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

AUGUST 2, 2016

All efforts to identify the decedent by hospital staff, law enforcement agencies or social service agencies should be well documented in the medical records. Based upon California Health and Safety Code 102850 and Government Code 27491. Based upon California Health and Safety Code 102850 and Government Code 27491.

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Medical Law

JUNE 20, 2023

California Vehicle Code 21212 provides that all riders and passengers under the age of 18 are legally required to wear a helmet when using a bicycle, a non-motorized scooter, in-line roller skates, or a skateboard to travel along streets or bikeways, or on any other public bicycle path or trail.

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EB Medicine

APRIL 2, 2019

Nachi: All the more reason we need evidence based guidelines, which our team from South Carolina has nicely laid out after reviewing 107 references dating back to 1990, as well as guidelines from the CDC and the national guideline clearinghouse. For the exam, have a chaperone present, whose name you can document. Jeff: Exactly.

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EMDocs

JULY 25, 2023

You can view these alternative regimens in the CDC Clinical Practice Guidelines; we will provide a link in the show notes ( [link] , pages 31-32). Contraindications Active HIV infection. PEP administration will breed resistance! You can call the PEP Hotline anytime for help at 888-448-4911.

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EB Medicine

MAY 3, 2019

Jeff: If those figures seem a bit high, another CDC study found that in a general population survey of a quarter million people between 2006-2008, 9% met the criteria for major depression. PA’s and NP’s - make sure to use the code APP4 at checkout to save 50%. Pretty big numbers.

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RebelEM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

They analyzed the electronic health records of patients presenting to the ED who met modified Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sepsis surveillance criteria and received empiric treatment with either vancomycin/piperacillin-tazobactam or vancomycin/cefepime.

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 5, 2024

” Like many anti-vaccine advocates, he has a well documented history of promulgating false information that effectively preyed on the vulnerability that all parents (to varying degrees) have about the effects of substances injected or ingested by their children. I can predict the counter-arguments. The establishment is just as bad.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

2 Beginning in January 2023, the DRC documented a record number of annual suspected cases of clade 1 mpox, specifically classified as Clade 1b. By 2024, over 17,000 suspected cases (2,863 confirmed) were documented across Africa, with the majority in the DRC. Adapted from CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.).

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

4,5 Of particular concern is the Sudanese conflict, which began in April 2023, and which has caused the largest internal displacement of a population in documented history. The CDC hotline is 1-855-856-4713 (toll-free) or 1-770-488-7100 (all hours), email address malaria@cdc.gov. In: CDC Yellow Book 2024. 57 Table 2.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Biden-Harris’ CDC recommends boosters even for people who have had COVID 4 times before. Here is Vinay Prasad: Harris plans to continue Biden’s agenda, as such, there are 4 ways in which she is anti-science. Under Harris, by 2028, some kids will get 12 or more doses.

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