EM Curious

JULY 8, 2015

The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. Over a year's span we will be sure to include topics from all core EM content areas.even the ones that may not be the coolest. With a bonus brief on disaster management.

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EM Curious

JULY 22, 2015

The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. Over a year's span we will be sure to include topics from all core EM content areas.even the ones that may not be the coolest. Read on here at Rebel EM.

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RebelEM

AUGUST 30, 2023

Executive Summary: 2015 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults. Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Back Pain in the Emergency Department. Orthopedic Emergencies 2015 May; 33(2) 311-26.

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EM Ottawa

AUGUST 22, 2024

Assessing patients with pleural effusions in the emergency department (ED) can be challenging and nuanced. This is largely due to the lack of guidelines around pleural effusions in the ED. In part one we focused on imaging, diagnosis, and management of parapneumonic effusions.

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ALiEM

MAY 13, 2024

Case Introduction: Child with abdominal pain Wendy is a 7-year-old girl who comes into the emergency department with redness, swelling, and pain on her left calf. Point-of-Care Ultrasound on Management of Cellulitis Versus Local Angioedema in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. J Emerg Med.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Infections For stable patients, obtain microbiologic samples prior to antibiotics (per the American Academy of Orthopedic surgery and The Infectious Diseases Society of America). Closed reduction of prosthetic hip dislocation by emergency physicians. Bone Jt Open.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 6, 2024

Gotta catch ‘em all!” The Sisyphean task remains to try to keep up—and, in that vein—here is a light round of the emergency medicine literature from 2023. 7 The operators involved in the trial were mostly emergency medicine residents or critical care fellows, but this fact does not diminish the generalizability of these observations.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 5, 2024

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 62-year-old female patient with a history of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) presents to the emergency department with fever, chills, and dysuria. Consider Infectious Disease consultation prior to any potential discharges. 2017/01/01/;17(1):78-85.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 26, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Sobel, Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Candidiasis: 2016 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Clinical Infectious Diseases , Volume 62, Issue 4, 15 February 2016, Pages e1–e50, [link] Iacopino AM, Wathen WF. PMID: 1740572.

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EMDocs

JULY 15, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Infectious Diseases Society of America. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 15;59(2):e10-52. dailymed.nlm.nih.gov.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2024

Authors: Christian Gerhart, MD (EM Resident Physician, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO); Jessica Pelletier, DO (EM Education Fellow, Washington University School of Medicine, St. We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 64-year-old male presents by EMS to the ED with shortness of breath.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Diarrhea is one of the most common complaints in the pediatric emergency department, especially in the summer and early fall. Predicting Adverse Outcomes for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infections in Emergency Departments. 2021 May;232:200-206.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.12.077. 2020.12.077. Epub 2021 Jan 5.

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RebelEM

MAY 15, 2024

Read More: Infectious Disease Society of America 2010 Clinical Practice Guidelines Life in the Fast Lane: Febrile Neutropaenia Uptodate: overview of neutropenic fever syndromes EMRAP: Risk stratification of neutropenic fever MDCalc: MASCC Score MDCalc: CISNE Score References: Ahn S, Rice TW, Yeung SJ, Cooksley T. Ann Emerg Med.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, she would not get out of bed, prompting the facility to call EMS. 1 The rationale for the shift away from normal saline in 2021 derived from multiple trials, including the Isotonic Solutions and Major Adverse Renal Events Trial (SMART) and Saline Against Lactated Ringer’s or Plasma-Lyte in the Emergency Department (SALT ED).

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Pediatric EM Morsels

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

One such vital aspect of pediatric emergency medicine is the appreciation of how psychosocial history impacts a patient’s life and care. As previously mentioned by Dr. Richardson , adolescents use the Emergency Department as their Primary Care resource often. This is particularly true for vulnerable adolescents.

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EMDocs

MAY 29, 2023

Authors: Rachel Kelly, MD (EM Resident Physician, Stony Brook University Hospital) and Robert Nocito, MD (EM Attending Physician, Stony Brook University Hospital) // Reviewed by: Jessica Pelletier, DO (EM Education Fellow, Washington University in St. The Open Infectious Disease Journal. Clin Infect Dis.

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RebelEM

AUGUST 3, 2023

appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. PMID: 37459086 Post Peer Reviewed By: Anand Swaminathan, MD (Twitter: @EMSwami ) The post The PALACE Trial: Direct Oral PCN Challenge in Patients with Low-Risk PCN Allergy?

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This blog post aims to help familiarise you with some of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department. Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. Karageorgos, S.;

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Pediatric EM Morsels

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A “Syndromic” Approach for Diagnosing and Managing Travel-Related Infectious Diseases in Children. Internationally Acquired Severe Systemic Infections in Febrile Pediatric Travelers Presenting to the Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. Glob Pediatr Health. 2021 May; 8:1-16. 2015 Aug; 45(8): 231–243.

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RebelEM

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Enrollment: Recruited patients from primary care offices, emergency departments, and inpatient wards at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Funding: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases funded the study.

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Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Outcomes Research 81

EB Medicine

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Jeff: The information contained in this article comes from articles found on pubmed, the cochrane database, center for disease control, and the world health organization. Additionally, guidelines were reviewed from the american college of emergency physicians, infectious disease society of america, and the american academy of pediatrics.

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EMDocs

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Well keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Empiric treatment with voriconazole 6 mg/kg twice daily intravenously for 2 doses should be started immediately based on Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) guidelines. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Journal of Biomedical Science. 2023;30(1).

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ALiEM

DECEMBER 9, 2024

A 25-year-old female with no pertinent past medical history presented to an emergency department in Massachusetts with four days of generalized malaise, myalgias, congestion, low-grade fever, and a rash behind her left knee. The patient denied cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Rashes will always find their way to your emergency department! The post Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome in Children appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. Sure, you may not be wrong calling it a viral exanthem, but you could be more right! Become comfortable with what makes you uncomfortable. Curr Opin Pediatr. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001376.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Mycoplasma Genitalium is an emerging pathogen. As previously mentioned by Dr. Richardson , adolescents use the Emergency Department as their Primary Care resource often. PMID:22615318 [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] The post Mycoplasma Genitalium(AKA Mgen) appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels.

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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 0000000000000483 Opoku NO, Bakajika DK, Kanza EM, et al.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Authors: Noah Kronk, MS-4 (University of Missouri-Columbia); Jessica Pelletier, DO, MHPE (APD, EM Attending Physician, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case A 30-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) with fever, fatigue, and an extensive rash.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 6, 2025

Open-access image source: By M.Bitton – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, [link] Infectious Disease Exposure It is estimated that, on average, refugees seeking refuge in Uganda visit a health facility 1.8 times per month and that 80-120 refugees are screened daily for infectious diseases in the triage and emergency units.

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