Pediatric EM Morsels

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In one ED study, ALL cases of missed travel-related illness did not have a documented travel history in their ED note , whereas 90% of the identified travel-related illnesses had a provider documented travel history (Greenky 2022) Those who are visiting friends and relatives (VFR) are typically at highest risk. Glob Pediatr Health.

Infectious Diseases 161

Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Sepsis Documentation/Coding 161

PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Fever in the ICU: Guideline Update The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) issued an interim update to their 2008 recommendations for the management of fever in the ICU. You can read the document here. Read the original document here. What’s a Fever?

Best Practices 111

Best Practices Ultrasounds Infectious Diseases Sepsis 111

Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

1) However, it wasn’t until the 1890s that purposeful, successful, and safe attempts to access this fluid were documented (2). Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases , 45 (9), 657–663. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America , 39 (9), 1267–1284.

Infectious Diseases 97

Infectious Diseases Seizures Ultrasounds Sepsis 97

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).

Sepsis 52

Sepsis Shock Hospitals Infectious Diseases 52

EMDocs

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Exam is normal except for tenderness as documented in the diagram. Sepsis is diagnosed and antibiotics started for the first time. High level amputation is considered, but she dies of sepsis and multiorgan failure on hospital day 7. She never had a documented abdominal exam. I just failed to document it.

Documentation/Coding 84

Documentation/Coding Hospitals Sepsis Infectious Diseases 84

Mind The Bleep

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Document clearly: The location of all wounds Medical photography or drawn labelled diagrams can aid in explaining the exact location. Always consider management as per ATLS protocol and SEPSIS 6 if relevant. Always consider an ATLS approach to the assessment. Feel for any swelling/collection/abscess. link] Quinn, J. McDermott, D.,

Fractures 52

Fractures Infectious Diseases Documentation/Coding Hospitals 52

RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Antibiotics are effectively the only thing standing between these patients and overwhelming sepsis. Improving the immediate management of neutropenic sepsis in the UK: Lessons from a national audit. Coding for Mucositis. Centers for Disease Control. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Support Care Cancer.

Infectious Diseases 86

Infectious Diseases Administration Sepsis Anaphylaxis 86