American Medical Compliance

JANUARY 25, 2024

The CDC’s FluSurv-NET system, a sentinel network of healthcare facilities, documented over 104,000 flu-related hospitalizations across 13 states during past flu seasons. The year 2024 marks another significant chapter in the healthcare industry’s ongoing battle against infectious diseases, and the numbers speak volumes.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This document is an update of guidelines first published in 2000, and then updated in 2007. Confounders to the GCS such as seizure and post-ictal phase, ingestions and drug overdose, as well as medications administered in the prehospital setting that impact GCS score should be documented. Prehosp Emerg Care. Accessed 2022, [link].

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ACEP Now

APRIL 2, 2024

4 The association between ackee ingestion and the illness was initially recognized in 1875 and officially documented in 1904. 5 Despite being endemic to Jamaica, cases of THS have been reported across the world, with the first case in the United States documented in 1993. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Toxicology Rep.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

AUGUST 2, 2016

All efforts to identify the decedent by hospital staff, law enforcement agencies or social service agencies should be well documented in the medical records. Based upon California Health and Safety Code 102850 and Government Code 27491. Based upon California Health and Safety Code 102850 and Government Code 27491.

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EB Medicine

APRIL 2, 2019

Nachi: All the more reason we need evidence based guidelines, which our team from South Carolina has nicely laid out after reviewing 107 references dating back to 1990, as well as guidelines from the CDC and the national guideline clearinghouse. For the exam, have a chaperone present, whose name you can document. Jeff: Exactly.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And maybe, noticing all the fuss, some clinicians might have started coding for VAP slightly less often in equivocal cases. Its incidence was closely tracked, and nonprofit organizations provided bundles for how to eradicate it.

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EMDocs

JULY 11, 2023

Sites of initial bleeding episodes, mode of delivery and age of diagnosis in babies with haemophilia diagnosed before the age of 2 years: a report from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Universal Data Collection (UDC) project. Haemophilia. 2009 Nov;15(6):1281-90. PMID: 19637999. Plummer ES, et al. PMID: 23968747.

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ACEP Now

JULY 6, 2023

Brian Zink captured a wonderful initial vision statement for our specialty with the title of his book, “Anyone, Anything, Anytime,” which documented the history of our specialty. CDC website : Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines 2021. In 2023 we must move beyond that title. References Herness J, Buttolph A, Hammer NC.

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PulmCCM

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

According to CDC: Paxlovid works against BA.2.86. Because the number of documented cases is low, official sources are hesitating to declare BA.2.86 Previous infection with XBB helps protect against BA.2.86, 2.86, which means vaccines will probably work against it (as the shots are now partially based on XBB).

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 16, 2023

There’s no randomized trial data to support this practice, and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC, whose recommendations CDC generally adopts) has advised against routine replacement of central lines as an infection prevention strategy. At some centers, central lines are regularly replaced (e.g.,

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Failure to thrive’ has many definitions We use standardized charts to document infant growth. CDC growth charts are commonly used for children two years or older. Infants who are slow to gain weight require early treatment as they are at risk for having a short stature, behavioural and emotional problems, and developmental delays.

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EMDocs

JULY 25, 2023

You can view these alternative regimens in the CDC Clinical Practice Guidelines; we will provide a link in the show notes ( [link] , pages 31-32). Contraindications Active HIV infection. PEP administration will breed resistance! You can call the PEP Hotline anytime for help at 888-448-4911.

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EB Medicine

DECEMBER 1, 2018

The CDC estimates that epidemics cost 10 billion dollars per year. Antigen drift refers to small point mutations to the viral genes that code for H and N. The CDC defines “influenza-like illness” as a temperature > 100 F, plus cough or sore throat, in the absence of a known cause other than influenza.

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EB Medicine

MAY 3, 2019

Jeff: If those figures seem a bit high, another CDC study found that in a general population survey of a quarter million people between 2006-2008, 9% met the criteria for major depression. PA’s and NP’s - make sure to use the code APP4 at checkout to save 50%. Pretty big numbers.

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