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Travel-Related Illnesses in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Pediatric patients with recent travel and fever of unknown origin should be considered for admission if malaria is a possible diagnosis. Fever in the Returned Pediatric Traveler. Glob Pediatr Health. A “Syndromic” Approach for Diagnosing and Managing Travel-Related Infectious Diseases in Children. 2021 May; 8:1-16.

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 3: The Only Thing We Have to Fear

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PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. rectally, prompting a sepsis workup given his age. The patient was ultimately discharged on a seven-day total course of cephalexin per Pediatric Infectious Disease recommendations. Pediatr Dermatol.

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Dacryocystitis 

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Sepsis: The spread of infection through the bloodstream, known as sepsis, is a critical condition that can lead to organ failure and death if not promptly treated. Acute dacryocystitis in pediatric patients and frequency of nasolacrimal duct patency. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 2021 Jan 2;40(1):18-23.

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Going beyond the surface material: A podcast episode on cellulitis

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Randomized controlled trial of cephalexin versus clindamycin for uncomplicated pediatric skin infections. Pediatrics. Clinical practice guidelines by the infectious diseases society of america for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children. 2011 Mar;127(3):e573-80.

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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

Spinal Infection: According to the Infectious Disease Society of America’s (IDSA) 2015 guidelines for native vertebral osteomyelitis, CRP and ESR in the setting of protracted back pain have sensitivities ranging from 94 to 100% for ruling out infection and malignancy in these patients. days (secondary endpoint) [51]. Procalcitonin.

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EM@3AM: Kawasaki Disease

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Upon further research in the 1970’s, retrospective data from autopsies of those patients showed coronary aneurysms 5 Pathophysiology: Kawasaki Disease is a vasculitis of medium sized arteries. Kawasaki disease: two case reports from the Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam-Tanzania. BMC Pediatrics. Lakhani, N. 2018;18(334).

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When Should We Consider A Rickettsial Disease?

Pediatric Education

The admitting team was concerned about travel-based causes of meningitis and consulted an infectious disease specialist who felt that the patient should also be given acyclovir and doxycycline in addition to cover for potential herpes simplex and also various rickettsial diseases. Pediatr Infect Dis J. Indian J Pediatr.