ACEP Now

MARCH 6, 2024

Every year, the volume of published research continues to outpace capacity to consume. 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. Gotta catch ‘em all!”

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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).

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Sepsis Shock Hospitals Outcomes 52

EMDocs

JULY 1, 2023

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. He has had a high fever of > 103°F (39.4°C) C) for the past week.

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EMS Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Research 66

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 10, 2024

The factorial design chosen by Dr Maitland and her research group means that several comparisons in transfusion practice could be carried out at the same time. What were the research questions? Does the study address a clearly focused research question? N Engl J Med. 2019;381(5):407-419. Was blinding achieved?

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Blood Transfusions Outcomes Research Hospitals 78

EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Introduction Sepsis and septic shock are life-threatening conditions characterized by severe systemic inflammation and organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection. 3,4 Prompt recognition and management of sepsis and septic shock are paramount for the ED clinician. vs. 0.91), positive predictive value (0.27

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 4, 2024

Article 1: Infections in Foreign Travellers Bird C, Hayward GN, Turner PJ, Wasala D, Merrick V, Lyttle MD, Mullen N, Fanshawe TR; for Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI). Reviewed by: John Coveney Article 2: How do we define sepsis in children? Paediatr Int Child Health. 2024 Jan 11:1-7. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.0179

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Hospitals Sepsis Fractures Emergency Department 78

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. BMC Health Services Research. Neutropenic Fever: Fever (one reading of 38.3C Support Care Cancer. 2018 May;26(5):1465-1470.

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