PulmCCM

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Sepsis, infectious disease Managing septic shock with a restrictive-fluids approach (preferentially using vasopressors after a single liter crystalloid bolus) led to similar outcomes as the usual practice of bolusing large volumes of fluids first. Vitamin C did not improve outcomes among patients hospitalized with Covid-19.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Professional Medical Societies Call for Elimination of SEP-1 The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), along with societies for emergency medicine physicians and hospitalists, are again speaking up about the ongoing policy experiment known as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Management Bundle (SEP-1).

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Sepsis Shock Hospitals Infectious Diseases 52

RebelEM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), or what the CDC recently renamed infection-related ventilator-associated complication (IVAC), is defined as a nosocomial pneumonia occurring on day 3 of mechanical ventilation that was preceded by 2 days of stable or decreasing ventilator requirements. 4, 8 Paper: Dahyot-Fizelier, C.,

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ALiEM

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Serological studies in disseminated disease are highly sensitive and the CDC recommends two-step testing such as an enzyme immunoassay or immunofluorescent antibody assay followed by a Western blot if the initial testing is positive or equivocal. Lyme Disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Clin Infect Dis.

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Emergency Department CDC EMS Academics 60

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Vision loss carries a high degree of morbidity and is associated with higher all-cause mortality, 4 and it is our role as emergency providers to recognize potentially reversible causes of such adverse outcomes. million infected people suffer from skin disease and 1.15 7 Approximately 14.6 million from partial or complete blindness.

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Infectious Diseases Emergency Department EMS Administration 63

EMDocs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The outbreak spread to four additional African countries, leading the Africa CDC to declare it a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security. as these animals can contribute to the spread of disease. Adapted from CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). In: CDC Yellowbook. 43 Table 3. 43 Table 3.

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CDC Documentation/Coding Infectious Diseases Dehydration 68