RebelEM

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Background: Patients with sepsis are routinely treated with empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics while awaiting source identification, as recommended by the surviving sepsis campaign.2 Mortality of Patients With Sepsis Administered Piperacillin-Tazobactam vs Cefepime. address in the article discussed below. JAMA Intern Med.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Internationally Acquired Severe Systemic Infections in Febrile Pediatric Travelers Presenting to the Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. However, the destination of travel is also important as helminths have distinct geographical distribution. 2021 Dec 1;37(12):e1315-e1320.

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Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Sepsis Documentation/Coding 164

PEMBlog

APRIL 4, 2025

Immunization status and the management of febrile children in the pediatric emergency department: what are we doing? Pediatr Emerg Care. Unfortunately, timely clinical question, what do we do with the UN or under vaccinated child who presents to the emergency department with fever? 2023;39(1):1-5. doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000002864

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EMDocs

JULY 26, 2023

2 In 1996, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the remaining stocks of variola virus to be destroyed or transferred to one of two designated biosafety level 4 facilities: the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia or the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology in Koltsovo, Russia.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Cefepime crosses the blood-brain barrier, and dozens of case reports have associated the drug with seizures, encephalopathy, delirium, and coma, with a possibly increased incidence of neurologic adverse effects among patients with renal failure or sepsis. Paxlovid also did not reduce symptoms of Covid-19 in that trial.

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EMDocs

MARCH 24, 2025

Those with sepsis should receive broad-spectrum antibiotics based on local hospital antibiograms. 44 Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends several strategies for preventing HIV infection (Table 3). HIV Prevention and Treatment: The Evolving Role of the Emergency Department.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Authors: Noah Kronk, MS-4 (University of Missouri-Columbia); Jessica Pelletier, DO, MHPE (APD, EM Attending Physician, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case A 30-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) with fever, fatigue, and an extensive rash.

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