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EM@3AM: Pediatric Osteomyelitis

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Neonates at higher risk for osteomyelitis include those who are premature and born to mothers with an active infection and those with a complicated delivery, skin infection, urinary tract anomalies, or a central venous catheter. Ther Clin Risk Manag. due to chronic granulomatous disease). J Pediatr Infect Dis Soc.

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IV fluids in the ED: When do we really need them?

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Sepsis There has been much controversy over the last two decades around the various nuances of volume resuscitation in ED patients with suspected sepsis, much of which goes beyond the scope of this limited review. Patients were enrolled in these trials if they had signs of shock, with mortality ranging from 18-29%. Inwald et al.