Yellow Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Yellow Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Overview: Yellow fever is one of many causes of viral hemorrhagic fever. It is a member of the flavivirus family (group B arbovirus). The Flavivirus genus is composed of more than 68 arthropod transmitted viruses, of which ...

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Yellow fever is one of many causes of viral hemorrhagic fever. It is transmitted via mosquitoes. Learn more. http://bit.ly/byH7Gk

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CBRNE - Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) is a mosquito-borne viral disease characterized by fever and other symptoms that may include severe headache, back pain, myalgias, prostration, chills, nausea, vomiting, and weakness.1 The disease may progress from encephalitis ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) remains a potentially potent biological weapon. Learn more about VEE. http://bit.ly/b3EHoB

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CBRNE - Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of febrile illnesses caused by RNA viruses from several viral families. These highly infectious viruses lead to a potentially lethal disease syndrome characterized by fever, malaise, vomiting, mucosal and ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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J_Bohlen Julie Bohlen Health Executive and Active Health Library

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of febrile illnesses caused by RNA viruses from several viral families. http://bit.ly/bBDCwN

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CBRNE - Q Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: First described in Australia in 1935, Q fever is a rickettsial disease with acute and chronic stages. Q fever differs from other rickettsial diseases in that it is caused by inhalation of infected particles, not by ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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First described in Australia in 1935, Q fever is a rickettsial disease with acute and chronic stages. Learn more. http://bit.ly/aPd4LZ

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CBRNE - Incendiary Agents, White Phosphorus: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: White (or yellow) phosphorus is the most common and most reactive of the 3 allotropic forms of phosphorus. Because of its reactivity, white phosphorus has been used as an incendiary agent by the military or as ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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White (or yellow) phosphorus is the most common and most reactive of the 3 allotropic forms of phosphorus. Learn more. http://bit.ly/dmYU6x

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Plant Poisoning, Glycosides - Cardiac: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Cardiac glycosides are found in a diverse group of plants including Digitalis purpurea and Digitalis lanata (foxgloves), Nerium oleander (common oleander), Thevetia peruviana (yellow oleander), Convallaria majalis (lily of the valley), Urginea maritima and Urginea indica ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Cardiac glycosides are found in a variety of plants and can be toxic to humans when ingested. Learn what to watch for. http://bit.ly/aQSomj

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Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare, but life-threatening, idiosyncratic reaction to a neuroleptic medication. The syndrome is characterized by fever, muscular rigidity, altered mental status, and autonomic dysfunction. Although potent neuroleptics (eg, haloperidol, fluphenazine) ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare, but life-threatening reaction to a neuroleptic medication. Learn more. http://bit.ly/bIY2vy

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Rheumatic Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Rheumatic fever causes chronic progressive damage to the heart and its valves. Until 1960, it was a leading cause of death in children and a common cause of structural heart disease. The disease has been known ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Rheumatic fever causes chronic progressive damage to the heart & its valves and was once a leading cause of child death.http://bit.ly/aK0jq1

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Pediatrics, Urinary Tract Infections and Pyelonephritis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: In the pediatric patient, urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common serious bacterial infections (SBI) encountered.1 They are a frequent cause of fever and can cause significant morbidity if not properly identified and ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Urinary tract infections are among the most serious bacterial infections encountered by pediatric patients. http://bit.ly/awTu3t

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Fever in the Neonate and Young Child: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: This article discusses the appropriate emergency department (ED) clinical and laboratory evaluation of young febrile children, particularly those younger than 3 years of age. Fever, the abnormal elevation of body temperature, has long been recognized by ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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For the appropriately dressed child, at rest, a rectal temperature of 38C (100.4F) is defined as fever by most authors.http://bit.ly/aUQvnA

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Pediatrics, Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Pediatric patients presenting in the ED with fever are sometimes the more challenging patients emergency physicians face. Patients with fever can be present in a wide variety of clinical presentations ranging from mild clinical conditions to ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Pediatric patients in the ER with fever are sometimes the more challenging patients emergency physicians face. http://bit.ly/97zbFn

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Tick-Borne Diseases, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), classically characterized by fever, myalgias, headache, and a petechial rash, is the most common fatal tick-borne disease in the United States. As one of the spotted fevers, it belongs to a ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Rocky Mountain spotted fever is the most common fatal tick-borne disease in the United States. Learn the symptoms. http://bit.ly/aVFivt

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Salmonella Infection: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Salmonella are gram-negative facultative intracellular anaerobes causing a wide spectrum of disease. This spectrum can range from a gastroenteritis, enteric fever (caused by typhoid and paratyphoid serotypes), bacteremia, focal infections, to a convalescent lifetime carrier state. ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Salmonellosis is the most common bacterial infectious cause of food-borne disease in the United States. http://bit.ly/b0ugLg

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Pediatrics, Scarlet Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Scarlet fever is a syndrome characterized by exudative pharyngitis, fever, and scarlatiniform rash. It is caused by an infection with a pyogenic exotoxin-producing group A beta-hemolytic streptococci.{{mediatitle:1732751_1}}{{media:1732751_1}}{{mediacaption:1732751_1}}View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Scarlet fever predominantly occurs in children aged 5-15 years. Learn the causes and symptoms. http://bit.ly/943irT

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Tick-Borne Diseases, Q Fever: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: First described in 1935 by Derrick, Q fever is an acute infectious disease. Derrick investigated a cluster of febrile illnesses of unknown etiology in Australian abattoir workers and subsequently named the malady Q (for query) fever. ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:36 am By:

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Most commonly spread by means of inhalation or ingestion, Q fever can also be tick-borne. Learn more about Q fever. http://bit.ly/dAVKNG

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