Pediatric EM Morsels
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
A “Syndromic” Approach for Diagnosing and Managing Travel-Related Infectious Diseases in Children. Infectious Disease Acquisition in Pediatric International Travelers: A 10-Year Review at a Canadian Tertiary Care Hospital. Malaria requires 3 negative thick and thin smears over 12 hours to fully exclude. 2021 May; 8:1-16.
EMDocs
MAY 9, 2024
He has been ill for 3 days with abdominal pain, fever, diarrhea, and vomiting, and his father thinks his son is dehydrated. He reasoned that dehydration and orthostatic hypotension led to a syncopal episode with limb shaking. The elevated WBC could be due to dehydration. VS are normal with a temp of 97.3.
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Don't Forget the Bubbles
MARCH 18, 2024
She appears pale and dehydrated , and her level of alertness fluctuates. Pay specific attention to fluid status, looking for evidence of dehydration. Manage hydration Children may be dehydrated or present with signs of fluid overload. Clinical Infectious Diseases [Internet]. Oct 30 2019. Pediatr Nephrol.
PEMBlog
JANUARY 17, 2024
Camargo, Clinical Trial: Comparative Effectiveness of Cephalexin Plus Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Versus Cephalexin Alone for Treatment of Uncomplicated Cellulitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 56, Issue 12, 15 June 2013, Pages 1754–1762, [link] Liu C, Bayer A, Cosgrove SE, et al.
PEMBlog
AUGUST 26, 2024
Also, AI images are weird and why did I end up with a picture of a Bruno mars look a like sitting on the toilet?
EMDocs
OCTOBER 10, 2024
She had no persistent vomiting, was not dehydrated and had no fever. To pursue the case would require expert testimony from multiple specialties: Emergency Medicine, Nurse Practitioner, Urgent Care/Family Medicine, Endocrinology, General Surgery, Infectious Disease, Radiology, Nursing and Hospital Medicine.
Dr. No
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Graham Medley , professor of infectious disease modelling at LSHTM, and chief pongo for the time being of SAGE’s modelling group SPI-M, defends the group’s practice of ‘giving the decision makers the information they ask for’ Read that again, and let it sink in. Imagine a gastrointestinal pandemic.
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