Emergency Medicine Reports – December 25, 2005

December 25, 2005

• Trauma Reports Supplement

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• Meningococcal Disease Part II: Diagnostic Studies, Differential Diagnosis, and Management

  In the case of fulminant meningococcal disease, laboratory tests are not available fast enough to be helpful, and may be within normal ranges early in a precipitous course. Provide rapid fluid support and antibiotics immediately and obtain blood cultures with the initial IV placement if possible, but do not delay antibiotics for the sake of good cultures.

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