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EM@3AM: Murine Typhus

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Clinical Infectious Diseases , vol. Gershman, Mark D., and Sarah L. Epidemiology and Clinical Manifestations of Murine Typhus in the United States: A Review of the Literature and New Data from California.” 6, 2008, pp. Oxford University Press. Accessed 19 Aug. Berry M, Wang AM, Lahham RF, Zhang X, Pacheco LD.

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EM@3AM: Leukopenia

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PCP Pneumonia, Sepsis) can be discharged with initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in consultation with Infectious Disease (ID) physician with full ID evaluation outpatient. Management is directed based on underlying etiology, but consider fluid resuscitation, antipyretics, and antibiotics as indicated. In: Temesgen Z, ed.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 115: Adult Meningitis

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Start resuscitating with fluids, and add a vasopressor like norepinephrine. What about a CT before a Lumbar puncture? MAP minus the ICP equals CPP. The target CPP is at least 60. So, if the patient has an elevated ICP of 20, you want a MAP of about 80. That gives a CPP of 60. MAP 80-ICP 20= CPP 60).

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Journal Feed Weekly Wrap-Up

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Spoon Feed This external validation compared the 2023 Duke-International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Diagnostic (ISCVID) Criteria against various other criteria for diagnosing infective endocarditis (IE) and found the 2023 Duke-ISCVID Criteria had the best test characteristics. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2024 Mar 26:1-8.

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2023 Critical Care Year in Review (Part 1)

PulmCCM

Sepsis, infectious disease Managing septic shock with a restrictive-fluids approach (preferentially using vasopressors after a single liter crystalloid bolus) led to similar outcomes as the usual practice of bolusing large volumes of fluids first. I hope you continue to find it valuable. Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season!

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The Latest in Critical Care, 11/6/23 (Issue #19)

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This could inform responses in future infectious disease outbreaks; one key seems to be to ensure high titers of neutralizing antibody (at least 1:320 in this study) are present in donor plasma. The intervention is called resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA).

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First10EM Journal Club: December 2023

Broome Docs

Antibiotic Myths for the Infectious Diseases Clinician. N Engl J Med. 2023 Mar 23;388(12):1092-1100. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2204737. PMID: 36947466 McCreary EK, Johnson MD, Jones TM, Spires SS, Davis AE, Dyer AP, Ashley ED, Gallagher JC. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jun 13:ciad357. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad357. Epub ahead of print.