Browsing: Infectious Disease

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Toxicology , COVID-19

COVID or Coral? A Case Report

8/17/2020 Louisa Mazza-Hilway, MD
With the wide-ranging presentations seen among COVID-19 patients, it can be easy to miss other conditions.
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President's Message , COVID-19

Life of an ED Resident in the Era of COVID-19

8/17/2020 Hannah R. Hughes, MD, MBA
I did not sign up to be on the front lines of COVID. But I am humbled to put on my armor and return each day, because there is no greater honor in life than to step up during a time of need.
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Palliative Care , COVID-19

Terminal Extubation in the ED: Palliative Care in EM

8/17/2020 Marc Cassone, DO , Garrett Stoltzfus, MD , Eric Melnychuk, DO
Providing palliation and end-of-life care has become an important aspect of emergency medicine; this has become especially relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Comfort measures and terminal extubati
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COVID-19

COVID-19 Management: Classical Treatments for a New Disease

8/17/2020 Jayson Fernando, MD, MS , Jonathan Meadows, DO, MS, MPH, CPH , Michael Marlin, MD
Given the global pandemic of the novel SARS-CoV-2, clinical trials are underway to elucidate an effective treatment. Be aware of the potential risks.
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy , COVID-19

Health Policy Journal Club: The Ethics of Allocation

7/7/2020 Logan Ramsey, MD
In the midst of a global pandemic, with worsening COVID-19 case numbers in the United States, the fair and equitable allocation of limited health care resources poses a challenge. How can clinicians p
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COVID-19 , EMS

PPE in the Field During the COVID-19 Pandemic

6/28/2020 Hajirah Ishaq, DO, MS , Caity Friend
Prehospital personnel are truly on the frontlines of medicine, and they have been dramatically affected by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. As protocols shift according to supplies and emerging research, how
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Infectious Disease

A Case of Severe Malaria In the ED

6/11/2020 Charles Davis
Malaria is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite. Symptoms usually present 1–4 weeks after infection but can present months to years later depending on the species.
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Infectious Disease

A Pause to Consider Strongyloides Stercoralis in the ED

6/10/2020 Rebecca Teague, MD , Joel Hamm, MD, FACEP
Strongyloidiasis is an infection of the parasitic nematode, Strongyloides stercoralis. This condition is well-known in global health as a concern among immigrants and refugees, but it is also present
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COVID-19 , Administration & Operations

How are EDs Leading in the COVID-19 Pandemic?

5/18/2020 Jared Ditkowsky, MD , Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA , Phillip Tseng, MD, MBA, MEd , Andrew Luo, MD , Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Ynhi Thomas, MD, MPH, MSc
Nearly every aspect of patient care — from triage to discharge, from documentation to intubation — has been revised in an effort to streamline care of COVID-19 patients. Concerns around minimizing pro
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Infectious Disease

Understanding and Combating Antibiotic Resistance

5/18/2020 Rubayet Hossain, MD , Vinitha Jacob, MD
Most antibiotics in use today fall into just 10 categories - but there are more than 100,000 known antibiotic-resistance genes spanning almost every known antibiotic class. Yet the rate of development