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What It Really Feels Like to Have Monkeypox
Since the global monkeypox outbreak began in May 2022, more than 22,000 cases have been confirmed in countries around the world. More than 5,000 of those cases have been recorded in the U.S., with many clustered in hotspots including New York and California. The virus, which often results in a blister-like rash and spreads through close contact, has so far predominantly affected men who have sex with men. Even as cases tick up and monkeypox gains public attention, however, it can still be difficult to find information about testing, treatment, and vaccines. Many people who fear they are at risk or infected are left to seek...
Source: TIME: Health - August 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme, Angela Haupt and Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate monkeypox Source Type: news

Osmotic therapies added to antibiotics for acute bacterial meningitis.
CONCLUSIONS: Glycerol was the only osmotic therapy evaluated, and data from trials to date have not demonstrated an effect on death. Glycerol may reduce neurological deficiency and deafness. PMID: 29405037 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - February 6, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Wall EC, Ajdukiewicz KM, Bergman H, Heyderman RS, Garner P Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Medical Mispronunciations and Misspelled Words: The Definitive List.
Hearing medical mispronunciations and seeing misspelled words are an under appreciated  joy of working in healthcare.  Physicians often forget just how alien the language of medicine is to people who don't live it everyday.  The best part about being a physician is not helping people recover from critical illness. The best part is not  about  listening and understanding with compassion and empathy.  Nope, the best part about being a physician is hearing patients and other healthcare providers butcher the language of medicine and experiencing great entertainment in the process.   Doctors c...
Source: The Happy Hospitalist - October 2, 2013 Category: Internists and Doctors of Medicine Authors: Tamer Mahrous Source Type: blogs

Question 2: Does a failure to respond to antipyretics predict serious illness in children with a fever?
Clinical scenario You are a senior house officer (SHO) working in a busy district general hospital. A 9-month-old boy is brought in by his parents with a fever of 2 days duration. There is no obvious focus but the child appears well. A urine dipstick is negative. When reviewing the child, the registrar is concerned to learn that the fever has not responded to paracetamol (acetaminophen). You wonder if there is any evidence that a febrile child is more likely to have a serious illness if their fever fails to respond to antipyretics. Structured question In children with a fever (population) does a failure to respond to ...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - July 11, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: King, D. Tags: ADC Archimedes, Oncology, Epidemiologic studies, Drugs: infectious diseases, Meningitis, Pneumonia (infectious disease), TB and other respiratory infections, Infection (neurology), Pneumonia (respiratory medicine) Source Type: research