Posted on May 22, 2009919. Dexamethasone for pediatric meningitis? / When to administer acyclovir empirically / Special neonatal causes of seizures
Posted on May 22, 2009918. Meningitis pathophys / What % of kids have fulminant disease? / Acute hearing loss with history of trauma suggests / CSF WBC findings in infants
Posted on May 22, 2009917. Acute bacterial meningitis: long-term sequelae, neonatal bugs, bugs in other kids, risk factors
Posted on January 4, 2009736. Empiric Rx bacterial meningitis in PCN-allergic / Who needs chemoprophylaxis for meningitis? / Options for chemoprophylaxis
Posted on January 4, 2009735. Threshold for LP in the elderly / Chronic meningitis is generally caused by / Rx meningitis
Posted on January 4, 2009734. Lumbar puncture in coagulopathy? / WBC correction in traumatic tap / What type of patient ought to receive specialized CSF antigen testing? / Additional tests to consider in CNS infx workup
Posted on January 4, 2009733. Usual cell count in bacterial meningitis / Viral meningitis cell count rule-in // Gram stain report for staph, strep, neisseria, listeria, h. flu, e. coli, pseudomonas Annals of Emergency Medicine July 2007
Posted on January 4, 2009732. Priority of CSF studies in query meningitis / When does CSF turbidity occur? / Normal CSF pressure, cell count, turbidity, xanthochromia, CSF:serum glucose ratio, protein, lactate
Posted on January 4, 2009731. Mild and severe viral encephalitides / Clinical presentation of CNS abscess / Consequence specific to cryptococcal meningitis / Indications for CT scan before LP in suspected meningitis
Posted on January 4, 2009730. Meningitis-specific physical exam signs / If meningitis is suspected, physical exam should hunt for / Classic s/sx encephalitis / Complications of meningitis (immediate, delayed) British encephalitis algorithm, from PMID 22120595.