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Is Pip-Tazo Harming Sepsis Patients?

RebelEM

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. In 2021, Buckley et. 3 The same year, Ross et. JAMA Intern Med.

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Travel-Related Illnesses in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

PMID: 26368057 The post Travel-Related Illnesses in Children appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. However, the destination of travel is also important as helminths have distinct geographical distribution. Management of Children with Travel-related Illness Evaluated in a Pediatric Emergency Room. Pediatr Infect Dis J.

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ToxCard: Smallpox

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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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Mpox in adult patients: updates on diagnosis and clinical management in the ED

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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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