Articles Tagged With: meningitis
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Meningitis Update
MONOGRAPH: Meningitis is inflammation of the meninges lining the brain that if allowed to progress ultimately leads to increased intracranial pressure.
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Meningitis Update
MONOGRAPH: There are several etiologies of meningitis, but it's most often due to an infectious process.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Meningitis Diagnostics
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Procalcitonin and Differentiating Bacterial from Viral Meningitis
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: A meta-analysis found an elevated serum procalcitonin to be an accurate test. Details inside.
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Failure to diagnose infection causes toddler death and yields verdict of $1.72 million
Plaintiffs’ 3-month-old daughter was taken to the hospital with a high fever and elevated pulse rate. The ED physician diagnosed an ear infection and discharged the infant with a prescription for antibiotics. Days later she was diagnosed with pneumococcal meningitis, hypoxic brain injury, and hydrocephalus. She lived for 20 more months. Plaintiffs sued the hospital and the ED physician, and they won a verdict of joint and several liability for $1.7 million.
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Classic Heavy Hitters: Tricky Diagnoses That Recurrently Lead to Large Malpractice Payouts
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Clinical Criteria Identify Patients Able to Undergo LP Without CT Scan
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Interpretation of Lumbar Puncture Cultures After Parenteral Antibiotic Pretreatment
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Lab workers face risk of deadly meningitis
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Occupational infection fells two lab workers