ACEP Now

OCTOBER 9, 2024

A June CDC report found that, although medications for opioid use disorder substantially reduce mortality, they are underused. Finally, ACEP’s Pain and Addiction Care in the ED Program (PACED) works to accelerate the transfer of knowledge about acute pain management and secure appropriate resources to care for patients.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 13, 2023

CDC growth charts are commonly used for children two years or older. Eur J Pediatr. ‘Failure to thrive’ has many definitions We use standardized charts to document infant growth. WHO growth charts are commonly used for children less than two years old. 2016 Apr;175(4):573-9. doi: 10.1007/s00431-015-2676-4. Epub 2015 Dec 9.

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American Medical Compliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy in Pediatric Healthcare Vaccine hesitancy is particularly significant in pediatrics, where immunizations protect children from potentially life-threatening diseases like measles, polio, and whooping cough. According to the CDC, childhood vaccinations prevent about 4 million deaths each year.

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ACEP Now

JULY 6, 2023

Added benefit would accrue when a pediatric patient avoids CT images, thereby decreasing the potential risk for a subsequent cancer. CDC website : Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines 2021. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network head injury clinical prediction rules are reliable in practice. Am Fam Physician.

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Pediatric Education

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Related Cases Disease: Assisted Reproductive Technology | Infertility | Reproductive Health Symptom/Presentation: Health Maintenance and Disease Prevention Specialty: Neonatology | Obstetrics / Gynecology Age: Premature Newborn To Learn More To view pediatric review articles on this topic from the past year check PubMed. Hum Reprod Update.

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Pediatric Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Related Cases Disease: Seven Year Old Development | Child Development Symptom/Presentation: Developmental Delay | Health Maintenance and Disease Prevention Specialty: Developmental Disabilities | General Pediatrics Age: School Ager To Learn More To view pediatric review articles on this topic from the past year check PubMed.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Under standard operating protocols, residual contrast materials are usually wasted, according to current CDC and JC standards. Under standard operating protocols, residual contrast materials are usually wasted, according to current CDC and JC standards.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Another change is the CDC approved the use of IV artesunate for malaria treatment in the US in May 2022. This allowed US hospitals to stock the drug to ensure quick treatment of suspected severe cases, rather than having to ship it from the CDC under the prior expanded-access protocol (Thomas 2023). Pediatr Clin N Am 69 (2022) 47–64.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JANUARY 19, 2024

If you have ever talked with a pediatric emergency medicine physician about some basic tenets of their practice, one of them will inevitably be, “ Never trust a neonate. ” The first few months of life outside the womb can elucidate a myriad of problems that were previously hidden during the prenatal state. The Journal of Pediatrics.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 9, 2025

I was a third year medical student and assigned there for pediatric rotation. That's when I knew pediatrics wasn't for me. I suppose that also kept me away from pediatrics. During my pediatric clerkship, I was dating a nurse I had met in the ICU. They would hold the little boy, and kiss his cheek.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

MARCH 17, 2023

In the US, the venomous snakes include rattlesnakes , copperheads, cottonmouths/water moccasins , and coral snakes [ CDC, 2021 ] Rattlesnakes live all across the United State s Copperheads inhabit the eastern U.S. If you are managing a snake bite from a snake that does not typically reside in the U.S.,

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 3, 2023

National Center for Health Statistics: Mortality Data on CDC WONDER. CDC’s efforts to improve traumatic brain injury surveillance. In a metropolitan area, pediatric patients with severe TBI should be transported directly to a pediatric trauma center if available. Prehosp Emerg Care. Accessed 2022, [link]. J Safety Res.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 15, 2023

He was admitted to the pediatrics service for further management. Background: According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), approximately 7,000-8,000 people in the United States (US) suffer envenomation by a snake each year. Venomous Snakes | NIOSH | CDC. How do you manage crotalid envenomations? Am J Hosp Pharm.

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EMDocs

JULY 11, 2023

Pediatric patients: Post circumcision bleed, head bleeds, bruises. PECARN Pediatric Head Injury/Trauma Algorithm, Canadian CT Head Injury Rule, Ottawa Knee and Ankle Rules) do not apply to those with hemophilia and should not guide management. Once they started walking it was bruising, MSK, and mouth bleeds. Clinical decision tools (e.g

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PEMBlog

JULY 10, 2024

” Emily Labudde, MD, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellow at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and recent pediatric residency graduate from Cincinnati Children’s discusses the various manifestations of this sexually transmitted infection, and how we can’t miss this very treatable, but sneaky malady. .”

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

2 Case Follow-up: Following an investigation, the Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (N-FELTP), CDC, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) identified 57 cases of DEG poisoning among children £ 3 years old, of whom 54 died. CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. References: Abubukar et al.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 5, 2024

It was inspired by a hot-off-the-presses publication from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) focused on clinical decision rules for cervical spine imaging in children. Leonard JR, Jaffe DM, Kuppermann N, Olsen CS, Leonard JC; Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Cervical Spine Study Group.

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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. Pediatric vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatrics.

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Medagadget

JUNE 26, 2023

Even though breast milk is best for NICU infants, a 2020 CDC report said that 13% of U.S. Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) store this donated breast milk in large freezers, ideally for no more than six to 12 months according to CDC guidelines. hospital NICUs don’t have stocks of donated breast milk.

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AED Leader

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

According to the CDC, over 40 states require or encourage the ongoing maintenance and testing of AED devices. A note about pediatric pads: Many of our AED devices have separate pads for adults and children. If an inspection reveals that either the adult or pediatric pads are missing, it’s critical to order another pair right away.

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AED Leader

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

According to the CDC, over 40 states require or encourage the ongoing maintenance and testing of AED devices. A note about pediatric pads: Many of our AED devices have separate pads for adults and children. If an inspection reveals that either the adult or pediatric pads are missing, it’s critical to order another pair right away.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Emergency Medicine Journal , 25 (12), 824-826. The Ten Commandments of Medical Emergency Management for Dentists Pediatric Emergency Medicines Ten Commandments of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Givens T. The Ten Commandments of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. J Emerg Med. 2004 Aug;27(2):193-4. PubMed PMID: 15261366.

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Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

The next question is whether the same trend of decreased suicidality also applies to the pediatric population. A pediatric emergency department in Texas looked at the resulted of their routine suicide risk screenings for patients aged 11-21. Suicide ideation and attempts in a pediatric emergency department before and during COVID-19.

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Working closely with the CDC, I came to know a lot about rural medicine and how to improve it,” he says, guessing he may have been tapped for the committee through his work as principal investigator on more than $6.1 million in federal grants.

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Critical Care Now

APRIL 5, 2022

According to CDC data , more than 64000 Americans died in 2020 from TBI, and many more experience long-term sequelae, making them one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity across all age groups. In 2020 the EPIC4Kids study was published and the findings among pediatric TBI patients were similar to that of adults.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

AUGUST 2, 2016

Readers must verify validity to their own practice. ​ ​ Tags: advanced emergency nursing, ED, ER, NP, nurse practitioner, CNS, clinical nurse specialist, APRN, critical care, trauma, injury, pediatrics, Death, death investigation, Coroner, Medical Examiner, medicolegal investigation, manner of death, homicide Published: 8/2/2016 5:47:00 PM

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Eosinophils and mast cells as therapeutic targets in pediatric functional dyspepsia. CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain–United States, 2016. Characterizing the role of haloperidol for analgesia in the Emergency Department. J Pain Manag. 2019;12(2):141-146. Friesen CA, Schurman JV, Colombo JM, Abdel-Rahman SM.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

APRIL 5, 2024

However, it is often overlooked that tickborne illnesses are among the most common travel-related illnesses globally (CDC Traveller’s Health 2017). CDC 2024) Generally, most ticks require >24 hours of attachment for there to be a risk of transfer of the infectious agent.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Rashes are, as we know, a common complaint in the pediatric ER and one of the most difficult things to diagnose ( in my opinion ). As we sort through the potential concerning ailments, it is also good to keep in mind the stereotypic causes of mild pediatric rashes. link] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Pediatric Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Specific testing for toxin is by an immunodiffusion assay called the Elek test which is only performed by the CDC in the U.S. D’Alessandro, MD Professor of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Diagnosis is suspected clinically with throat (under the membrane is best) or skin culture confirmation. Future Micobiol. 2021;17(3):185-97.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Pediatric patients with recent travel and fever of unknown origin should be considered for admission if malaria is a possible diagnosis. Fever in the Returned Pediatric Traveler. Glob Pediatr Health. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. Malaria requires 3 negative thick and thin smears over 12 hours to fully exclude.

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PulmCCM

MARCH 4, 2024

New criteria for diagnosis of pediatric sepsis The diagnosis of pediatric sepsis will abandon the so-called SIRS criteria in favor of a simple organ-failure score. million pediatric hospital encounters, and was chosen for simplicity over the more burdensome Phoenix-8 criteria (which include kidney and other organ failures).

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Recently, a pediatric patient presented to the ED who just returned from abroad with a gastroenteritis presentation. In the US 95% of vaccine-eligible pediatric patients who travel are unvaccinated (McAteer 2021) Drug resistance has been developing over time. In addition to my passion for PEM, I also share a passion for global health.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Whether I am in Charlotte or B’awlmer (currently hanging out as Faculty at Johns Hopkins), I will strive to make us all uncomfortable… so that we can be more comfortable in having important conversations with our pediatric patients! Therefore, CDC does not recommend risk-factor-based screening. J Infect Dis 2012;206:35765.

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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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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 23, 2023

Rochelle Walensky is handing the CDC over to Mandy Cohen–a woman who has supported 100% of Walensky’s policies. But not having any good data didn’t seem to bother the CDC. Why evaluate a product if the CDC and ACOG are already sold on the product? There’s actually a precedent.

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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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