Tag: Infectious Disease/HIV

What's Your Diagnosis

What’s Your Diagnosis? ED Management of Adults with Infectious Meningitis and Encephalitis 

April 5, 2022
EB Medicine
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Welcome to this month’s What’s Your Diagnosis Challenge! But before we begin, check to see if…

Brain Teaser

Test Your Knowledge: Current Practice and Pitfalls of Select Biomarkers in the Emergency Care of Children 

March 20, 2022
EB Medicine

Specific biomarker levels can help differentiate children who require emergent medical interventions, such as procedures, surgeries,…

Rapid Reference

Community Acquired Pneumonia

March 18, 2022
Sam Ashoo, MD

The following is a summary of the 2019 American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of…

Brain Teaser (UC)

Test Your Knowledge of Possible Rabies Exposure (Postscript 4 of 4)

February 21, 2022
angiew@ebmedicine.net
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A 47-year-old man is brought to urgent care by his wife after he was bitten on…

Brain Teaser (UC)

Test Your Knowledge of Possible Rabies Exposure (Postscript 3 of 4)

February 14, 2022
angiew@ebmedicine.net

A 38-year-old man presents to urgent care after sustaining a bite from a squirrel he trapped…

Rapid Reference

Sepsis Decision Aid

February 8, 2022
Sam Ashoo, MD
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In the U.S., the treatment of sepsis and septic shock is complicated by strict regulations used…

Brain Teaser (UC)

Test Your Knowledge of Possible Rabies Exposure (Postscript 2 of 4)

February 7, 2022
angiew@ebmedicine.net

Your urgent care clinic occasionally evaluates patients for travel advice, vaccinations, and malaria prophylaxis when indicated.…

Brain Teaser (UC)

Test Your Knowledge of Possible Rabies Exposure (Postscript 1 of 4)

February 1, 2022
angiew@ebmedicine.net

A bite from which of the following wild mammals poses essentially zero risk of rabies transmission, obviating…

Clinical Cases

Shortness of Breath

January 4, 2022
Sam Ashoo, MD
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Hx:  A young male in his late 20’s presents with shortness of breath. He denies any…