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REBEL Core Cast 107.0 – Vertebral Osteomyelitis

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The degree of elevation does not predict disease severity. Executive Summary: 2015 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults. ESR and CRP are sensitive, yet not specific. Clin Infect Dis 2015 Sept 15;61(6):859-63.

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Clinical Conundrums: Should You Give the First Dose of Antibiotics IV Before Discharging Home on Oral Antibiotics?

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This finding persists when looking at a number of other infections including skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) ( First10EM ), pyelonephritis ( Strohmeier 2014 ) and even bone and joint infections ( Li 2019 ). Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. PLoS medicine.

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Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal

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1, 2 Phenobarbital has been studied as an alternative or adjunct to benzodiazepines with encouraging results, but primarily among inpatient services. History of liver disease, history of substance abuse disorder, and history of delirium tremens were also extracted from the hospital EMR. N Engl J Med 2014 , 371 (22), 2109-2113.

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, October 2022

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The authors examined the survival outcomes and dosimetry to critical structures in patients treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for ≥ 25 metastases in a single session or cumulatively over the course of their disease. Data for this case-control study was obtained from MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters between 2008 and 2014.

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, May 2023

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This was a cohort study of adults with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion admitted between 6 and 24 hours after last-seen-well at 5 participating Swiss stroke centers between 2014 and 2021. 0000000000002192 The authors investigated inpatient mortality after conservative management of large aSDHs. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep.