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Episode 23 - Influenza Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department

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The CDC estimates that epidemics cost 10 billion dollars per year. 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. Jeff: Also, the CDC recommends that these patients stay home for at least 24 hours after their fever has broken.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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57 Emergency clinicians should strongly consider infectious disease (ID) consult or speaking with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for treatment recommendations in cases of newly-diagnosed malaria given that malaria is not endemic in the US. In: CDC Yellow Book 2024. In: CDC Yellow Book 2024. 57 Table 2.