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EM@3AM: Leukopenia

EMDocs

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. Clin Infect Dis.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 115: Adult Meningitis

EMDocs

Start resuscitating with fluids, and add a vasopressor like norepinephrine. The UK joint specialist societies guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults [published correction appears in J Infect. What about a CT before a Lumbar puncture? MAP minus the ICP equals CPP.

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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. Either approach in severe sepsis with shock seems reasonable.

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#FOAMed Review 51st Edition

EM Curious

More FOAMed INFECTIOUS DISEASE SMORGASBORD CORE EM PODCAST EPISODE 3 [PODCAST]: Swami sits down to run over some high yield EM topics in the arena of infectious disease, from antibiotic choice in HCAP, to new paradigms in soft tissues infectious. With a bonus brief on disaster management.

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Fourteen Emergency Medicine Research Gems from 2023

ACEP Now

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. Survival to hospital discharge favored the “standard care” group, 47.9 percent to 38.3 2023;330(23):2267.

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Sepsis Updates Relevant to the Emergency Physician

EMDocs

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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Kruser – The Role of Language

University of Maryland CC Project

Jacqueline Kruser, MD MS is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care at the University of Wisconsin. In her lecture today, she talks about the role of the language in the intensive care unit, using examples of specific phrases such as “goals of.