Pediatric EM Morsels

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The post Mycoplasma Pneumonia in Children appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection in Children. UpToDate , 1 Nov. 2024, www.uptodate.com/contents/mycoplasma-pneumoniae-infection-in-children.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

For non-complicated malaria use oral Co ART em. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. PMID: 30666615 The post Imported Malaria appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. Treating malaria is an ART! If concerned for severe malaria or inability to tolerate PO always start with IV ART esunate. vivax or P.

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EMergucate

MAY 17, 2016

Blood Cultures Cellulitis Dengue Fever HIV Human Herpes Viruses Infection Control Lyme Disease Malaria Needlestick Notifiable Diseases SARS Sepsis STDs … Continue reading →

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EMDocs

JULY 1, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Kawasaki disease: Initial treatment and prognosis. link] The post EM@3AM: Kawasaki Disease appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. He has had a high fever of > 103°F (39.4°C) C) for the past week. UpToDate;2022. Accessed December 31, 2022.

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EMDocs

JUNE 17, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2009-1709 The post EM@3AM: Periorbital Cellulitis appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. An 8-year-old boy with no medical history born full term presents with left eyelid swelling for 2 days.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Clinical Infectious Disease. doi:10.1258/0956462053888853 The post EM@3AM: Testicular/Scrotal Abscesses appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. Published 2008 Sep 19. Cureus 12(7): e8991. doi:10.7759/cureus.8991 8991 ​​Schlossberg D.

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RebelEM

APRIL 9, 2024

She’s helped to redesign the built environment of a Harvard ICU and an infectious diseases unit in Malawi. Rezaie, MD (Twitter/X: @srrezaie ) The post REBEL EM Book Club – MicroSkills appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. Post Peer Reviewed By: Salim R.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 30, 2023

Moreover, the following Infection Control Training for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is designed to educate emergency medical workers on how to protect themselves and their patients while mitigating community transmissions of infectious diseases. Training materials can be accessed using any device.

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EMDocs

MAY 9, 2024

Result : The EM “expert” supported the attorney’s request for a letter to the state medical board. The defense would hire highly qualified experts in emergency medicine, ENT, neurosurgery, infectious disease, nursing, etc., EM is a “team sport.” The elevated WBC could be due to dehydration.

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RebelEM

JANUARY 9, 2024

You decide she is stable to be discharged home on levofloxacin (See REBEL EM for antibiotic coverage in CAP ) but consider giving her a first dose intravenously. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. A CXR demonstrates a right middle lobe opacity.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

We published the first pediatric SOAR review in AEM Education and Training on the topic of respiratory infectious disease. Our SOAR review provides readers with a curated list of high-quality blog posts on topics of respiratory infectious disease. We want to help you learn! How can I use these findings?

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Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 18, 2023

BMC Infectious Disease. PMID: 29356761 The post Fluoroquinolone Use In Children appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. PMID: 26407358 Meesters K, Mauel R, Dhont E, Walle JV, De Bruyne P. Systemic Fluoroquinolone Prescriptions for Hospitalized Children in Belgium, Results of a Multicenter Retrospective Drug Utilization Study.

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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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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Assisted Living Education and Training Employees of assisted living facilities do not have the same level of exposure to infectious diseases and bloodborne pathogens as the workers of long-term care facilities and nursing homes. These workers face workplace injury concerns the same as other American employees.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

MARCH 1, 2024

The post Lung Abscess in Children appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. Pediatric Lung Abscess: Immediate Diagnosis by Point-of-Care Ultrasound. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Jun;34(6):447-449. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001547. 0000000000001547. PMID: 29851922.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 11, 2023

This is the 601st Ped EM Morsel ! The post Perichondritis of the Ear in Children appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. Having authored 575 ( well, now 576 ) of them, I am often quite convinced that there are no new topics to discuss. Recently, Dr. Teresa Crow encountered an important topic in children that deserves its own Morsel.

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EM Ottawa

JULY 11, 2024

A 3-year-old girl was being brought in by EMS with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. According to EMS, the patient had […] The post Invasive Group A Strep (iGAS). In Fall 2023, I was working an evening shift at a community hospital when we got a patch. CPR was ongoing, and their ETA was 10 minutes.

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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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Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 9, 2024

The post Congenital Syphilis appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. A case of congenital syphilis. Emerg Radiol. 2013 Aug;20(4):337-9. doi: 10.1007/s10140-013-1112-1. Epub 2013 Feb 27. PMID: 23443516.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

MARCH 21, 2020

In this early release first podcast in a series of main episodes on COVID-19, Infectious Diseases specialist at Mount Sinai Health Systems and University Health Network and Professor at the University of Toronto Andrew Morris joins Anton on the latest on emergency screening, diagnosis and management of COVID-19, with some tips on managing yourself (..)

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Emergency Medicine Cases

MARCH 31, 2020

Ashleigh Tuite infectious diseases mathematical modeler discusses factors predicting spread of SARS CoV-2, prediction models and flattening the curve of COVID-19. Is the COVID-19 virus likely to mutate? And if it does what are the most likely consequences? What do prediction models show in terms of how long this pandemic will last?

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EM Ottawa

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Delirium is a medical emergency. It is characterized by acute disturbance of consciousness, with changes in perceptual disturbances and fluctuation of symptoms. Delirium is often the initial manifestation of an underlying acute illness and can be present before fever, tachypnea, tachycardia, or hypoxia.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 2, 2024

Infectious balanoposthitis: management, clinical and laboratory features. x The post Pediatric Balanitis and Balanoposthitis appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. Int J Dermatol. 2009;48(2):121-124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03966.x 1365-4632.2009.03966.x

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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. Take Home Points Clinical presentation is very nonspecific; evaluate all patients presenting with back pain for infectious risk factors.

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RebelEM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Rezaie, MD (Twitter/X: @srrezaie ) The post The PROPHY-VAP Trial: Ceftriaxone to Prevent VAP in Patients with Acute Brain Injury appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. SECONDARY OUTCOMES At day 28 , ceftriaxone group had (vs placebo): Lower VAP risk (20% vs 36%); hazard ratio 0.62

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 4, 2018

He also hosts a great #FOAMed blog and podcast called TOTAL EM. Currently, the Infectious Diseases Society of America ( IDSA ) guidelines for patients with cellulitis without systemic signs of infection, penetrating trauma, injection drug use, or other evidence of MRSA recommend only prescribing antibiotics against streptococci (1).

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Kings County Downstate EM

MAY 6, 2024

The parents […] The post Out of the Woods and into the Lyme-light: Lyme Arthritis appeared first on County EM. Despite a slight limp, the child has been able to walk and is otherwise acting like herself.

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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). Initial vital signs include T 36.8, HR of 91, BP 138/88, RR 16, SPO2 98% on RA.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 6, 2024

Gotta catch ‘em all!” A Myriad of Infectious Disease Papers The use of steroids in severe sepsis remains challenging, primarily as proper patient selection is necessary to tease out those with the greatest likelihood of benefit. Every year, the volume of published research continues to outpace capacity to consume.

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EM Ottawa

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

You are treating a 43-year-old male with two days of left lower quadrant abdominal pain, a documented fever of 38.4 and malaise. He has no urinary or bowel symptoms. His past medical history is unremarkable. He looks well by ED standards. After a focused history and physical examination, you narrow the differential to diverticulitis.

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ALiEM

MAY 13, 2024

Lam SHF, Sivitz A, Alade K, Doniger SJ, Tessaro MO, Rabiner JE, Arroyo A, Castillo EM, Thompson CA, Yang M, Mistry RD. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Jul;76(1):67-77. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.01.004. 2020.01.004. Epub 2020 Feb 17. Erratum in: Ann Emerg Med. 2022 Jan;79(1):90. PMID: 32081383. J Emerg Med. 2018 Nov;55(5):693-701. 2018.07.010.

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EM Ottawa

JUNE 20, 2024

This case report demonstrates the utility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to identify complicated gallbladder disease. In this case, the patient presented with abdominal pain and a known history of cholelithiasis.

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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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EMDocs

OCTOBER 5, 2024

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. Disposition Patients with complicated UTI, pyelonephritis, bacteremia, or other ESBL-E infections should be admitted for IV antibiotic treatment and would benefit from Infectious Disease consultation. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 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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