Angela Myers

Curbside Consultation in Pediatric Infectious Disease

49 Clinical Questions

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Produktbeschreibung

Dr. Angela L. Myers has designed this unique reference which offers expert advice, preferences, and opinions on tough clinical questions commonly associated with paediatric infectious disease. The unique Q&A format provides quick access to current information related to paediatric infectious disease with the simplicity of a conversation between two colleagues. Numerous images, diagrams, and references allow readers to browse large amounts of information in an expedited fashion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 173mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781617110016
• ISBN-10: 1617110019
• Artikelnr.: 34673830

Autorenporträt

Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatric infectious diseases physician and is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She is the pediatric infectious diseases fellowship director at Children's Mercy Hospital & Clinics. Dr. Myers received her undergraduate and medical degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine in the combined 6-year program, and completed her pediatrics residency and pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics. Active in research, her main interests revolve around childhood and adult vaccine knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs, as well as using novel health information technologies to improve vaccination rates for influenza. She currently oversees several funded studies evaluating vaccine beliefs as well as implementation of various strategies to increase immunization rates of both children and adults. She is the author of 2 book questions and more than 15 publications in pediatric journals and is also actively involved in committee work for the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society program training committee and the graduate medical education council at her affiliated medical school.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editor Contributing Authors Preface
Foreword by Janet R. Gilsdorf, MD Introduction Section I?Urinary Tract
Infection Question 1 Is It Appropriate to Treat a Suspected Urinary Tract
Infection Based on an In Office Urine Dipstick Result, or Should the
Specimen Be Sent for Culture? Does the Age of the Patient Have Anything to
Do With the Decision? Rene Vandevoorde, MD Question 2 When Should You
Attempt to Obtain a Catheter Specimen Versus a Clean Catch Specimen in the
Setting of a Suspected Urinary Tract Infection? Rene Vandevoorde, MD
Question 3 When Is Imaging, Such As voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) and
Renal Ultrasound, Necessary for Children With a First Urinary Tract
Infection? Rene Vandevoorde, MD Question 4 Is Prophylaxis Recommended for
All Patients With Vesicoureteral Reflux? Rene Vandevoorde, MD Section
II?Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Question 5 When Is Oral
Antibiotic Therapy Necessary in the Setting of Recurrent
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Skin Infection/Boils?
Emily A. Thorell, MD Question 6 Are Bleach Baths or Chlorhexidine Plus
Mupirocin Ointment Useful to Decolonize Patients With Recurrent
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Infections? What Topical
Recommendations Are Useful for Patients With Recurrent MRSA Infections?
Emily A. Thorell, MD Question 7 In What Settings Is Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Spread? Emily A. Thorell, MD Question 8 Are
There Environmental Cleaning or Personal Hygiene Interventions That Can Be
Used To Reduce Recurrences of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
(MRSA) Infections? Emily A. Thorell, MD Section III?Tinea Capitis Question
9 How Long Does Tinea Capitis Need To Be Treated in Order to Be Sure the
Infection Has Cleared? Jennifer Goldman, MD and Susan Abdel-Rahman, PharmD
Question 10 What Are the Methods by Which Tinea Capitis Can Be Spread From
Person To Person? Jennifer Goldman, MD and Susan Abdel-Rahman, PharmD
Question 11 Do There Need to Be Visible Lesions to Diagnose Tinea Capitis?
Jennifer Goldman, MD and Susan Abdel-Rahman, PharmD Question 12 What
Organisms Are Responsible for Causing Tinea Capitis? Jennifer Goldman, MD
and Susan Abdel-Rahman, PharmD Section IV?Tick-Borne Illness Question 13
What Are the Best Prophylactic Measures To Tell Families To Use To Prevent
Tick Bites? At What Age Are Agents Such as DEET and Picaridin Safe To Use?
Jos\u00e9 R. Romero, MD, FAAP and Kimberly C. Martin, DO Question 14 When
Are Tick-borne Infections Typically Seen in the United States, and When
Does the Peak Time Occur? Jos\u00e9 R. Romero, MD, FAAP and Kimberly C.
Martin, DO Question 15 What Is the Best Empiric and/or Prophylactic Therapy
for a Child in Whom You Suspect a Tick-borne Infection? Jos\u00e9 R.
Romero, MD, FAAP and Kimberly C. Martin, DO Question 16 In What Parts of
the United States Is Lyme Disease Seen, How Is Diagnosis Confirmed, and
What Is the Appropriate Treatment? Jos\u00e9 R. Romero, MD, FAAP and
Kimberly C. Martin, DO Section V?Atypical Pneumonia Question 17 Can You
Make a Diagnosis of Atypical Pneumonia by Clinical Presentation, or Is
Laboratory Evaluation Required? Christopher R. Cannavino, MD Question 18
What Are the Most Common Ages, Presenting Symptoms, and Common Organisms
Associated With Cases of Atypical Pneumonia? Christopher R. Cannavino, MD
Section VI?Otitis Media Question 19 What Is the Recommended Specific
Treatment of Otitis Media Due To Multidrug-Resistant Pneumococcus?
Christopher J. Harrison, MD Question 20 When Should Middle Ear Effusion
Fluid Be Obtained? Christopher J. Harrison, MD Question 21 What Do You Do
for a Patient Who Has Ear Tubes and Has Continuous Ear Drainage? Question
22 What Is the Recommended Specific Treatment of Acute Otitis Media Due To
Multidrug-Resistant Pneumococcus? Christopher J. Harrison, MD Section
VII?Pharyngitis Question 23 Is a Throat Culture Necessary in the Setting of
a Negative Rapid Streptococcal Antigen Test? Kevin B. Spicer, MD, PhD, MPH
and Preeti Jaggi, MD Question 24 What Is the Best Treatment Option for
Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis? What if the Patient Is Allergic to
Beta-Lactam Antibiotics? Kevin B. Spicer, MD, PhD, MPH and Preeti Jaggi, MD
Question 25 Why do We Treat Streptococcal Pharyngitis When It Is a
Self-limited Illness? Kevin B. Spicer, MD, PhD, MPH; Preeti Jaggi, MD; and
Angela L. Myers, MD, MPH Question 26 Should I Treat the Asymptomatic
Siblings of the Patient Who Has a Positive Rapid Streptococcal Antigen
Test? Kevin B. Spicer, MD, PhD, MPH; Preeti Jaggi, MD; and Angela L. Myers,
MD, MPH Question 27 What Are the Best Clinical Indicators That My Patient
May Have Streptococcal Pharyngitis? Kevin B. Spicer, MD, PhD, MPH and
Preeti Jaggi, MD Section VIII?Viral Testing Question 28 How Sensitive and
Specific Are the Office-Based Rapid Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Rapid
Influenza Tests? Rebecca C. Brady, MD Question 29 If I Have a 3-Month-Old
Infant in the Office With Respiratory Symptoms and Negative Viral Testing,
Should I Proceed With a Sepsis Evaluation? Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD
Question 30 If I Have a 5-Week-Old Infant With Positive Rapid Viral Testing
Who Does Not Need Hospital Admission, Is a Sepsis Evaluation Necessary?
Archana Chatterjee, MD, PhD Section IX?Diarrhea Question 31 When Are
Antibiotics Indicated for a Child With a Bacterial Cause of Diarrhea? Amber
Hoffman, MD Question 32 What Is Likely To Be the Most Common Viral
Pathogens Causing Diarrhea Since the Decrease in Rotavirus Cases With
Increase in Vaccine Uptake? Amber Hoffman, MD Section X?Upper Respiratory
Tract Infection/Sinusitis Question 33 When Should I Be Worried About Immune
Deficiency in the Setting of Recurrent Upper Respiratory Tracts Infections?
Adam L. Hersh, MD, PhD Question 34 What Are the Most Common Viral
Respiratory Pathogens in Infants in the First Year of Life? Adam L. Hersh,
MD, PhD Question 35 What Antibiotics Are Recommended Empirically for Acute
Bacterial Sinusitis in a Patient Who Has Not Received Antibiotics Recently?
Adam L. Hersh, MD, PhD Question 36 What Antibiotics Are Recommended to
Treat Acute Bacterial Sinusitis in the Patient Who Had a Course of
Amoxicillin Within the Last Few Weeks for Otitis Media? Adam L. Hersh, MD,
PhD Section XI?Community-Acquired Pneumonia Question 37 What Is the Most
Common Pathogen Involved in Community-Acquired Pneumonia, and the Empiric
Therapy of Choice in the Preschool-Aged Child With Fever to 102\u00baF,
Rales, and a Lobar Infiltrate on Chest Radiograph? Christopher R.
Cannavino, MD Question 38 For What Clinical Presentation Should Concern
Arise About Staphylococcus aureus as the Cause for Pneumonia in My Patient?
Christopher R. Cannavino, MD Section XII?Epstein-Barr virus/Cytomegalovirus
Question 39 When Are Steroids Indicated in the Setting of Known Acute
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Infection? Masako Shimamura, MD and Rebecca
Widener, MD Question 40 What Laboratory Test(s) Should Be Obtained in the
Setting of Suspected Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection? Masako
Shimamura, MD and Rebecca Widener, MD Question 41 When Should Serologic
Testing Be Performed Instead of a Monospot, and How Do I Interpret Results
of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Serologies? Masako Shimamura, MD and Rebecca
Widener, MD Question 42 What Should I Tell a Pregnant Mother of a
2-Year-Old Who Has Recently Been Diagnosed With Congenital Cytomegalovirus
(CMV) Infection About Her Risk for Developing Infection As Well As
Prevention Techniques? Masako Shimamura, MD and Rebecca Widener, MD Section
XIII?Lymphaden