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EM@3AM: Testicular/Scrotal Abscesses

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aureus infections among patients in the emergency department. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the Emergency Department. Emerg Med Clin North Am. Clinical Infectious Disease. Radiology Key. Managing a Cutaneous Abscess in the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med.

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By the Hammer of Thora: Pleural Effusions in the ED (Part 2)

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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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PEM POCUS Series: Soft Tissue Ultrasound

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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. Ann Emerg Med 2020 [5] 2,656 Systematic review of adult and pediatric studies 94.6% (89.4-97.4%) Pediatr Emerg Care. J Emerg Med. 97.4%) 85.4% (78.9-90.2%)

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Immunodeficiencies Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Case 1 focuses on a case seen in the emergency department and explores the common parental query of a “weak immune system” in a young child who has had several recurrent upper respirator tract infections back-to-back but is otherwise well. A 3 year old boy is brought to emergency department and treated for viral induced wheeze.

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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

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Executive Summary: 2015 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults. Diagnostic Radiology: Musculoskeletal and Breast Imaging. Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Back Pain in the Emergency Department.

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EM@3AM: Malignant/Necrotizing Otitis Externa

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A 67-year-old man with a history of hypertension and diabetes presents to the emergency department with right ear pain for 2 weeks. The changing face of malignant (necrotising) external otitis: clinical, radiological, and anatomic correlations. Infectious diseases , 4 (1), 34–39. Infectious diseases, 4(1), 34–39.

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Choosing wisely – less can be more

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Choosing Wisely in Paediatric Car e A trainee-led project in a UK tertiary paediatric emergency department looked at the usefulness of blood tests in 101 children. You receive a referral for a 7-year-old Josh, who presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 5-day history of fever, cough, and borderline oxygen saturation.