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Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus with Dr Lara Zibners
Manage episode 518181743 series 1358194
In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and Lara Zibners, MD discuss the August 2025 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice article, Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus: An Update of Evidence-Based Management of Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department
- Introduction and guest background
- Host welcome, show context
- Dr. Lara Zibners’ credentials
- EB Medicine involvement
- Personal stories and clinical experience
- Memorable tetanus and pertussis cases
- Vaccine advocacy
- Rare disease encounters
- Diphtheria: overview, presentation, treatment
- Toxigenic vs. non-toxigenic, “bull neck”
- Cardiac, neurologic complications
- Antitoxin, antibiotics, public health
- Pertussis: symptoms, vaccine, treatment
- “100-day cough,” apnea in infants
- Waning immunity, boosters
- Azithromycin, treat contacts
- Tetanus: risk, presentation, management
- Clostridium ubiquity, no outbreaks
- Muscle spasms, autonomic instability
- Airway, sedation, antibiotics
- Key ED takeaways and pearls
- Early suspicion, isolation
- ICU admission for severe cases
- Vaccination, reporting
- Resources and article summary
- Appendix, clinical pathway
- ebmedicine.net reference
- CME, further reading
- Guest’s podcast plug and closing remarks
- “Unstable Vitals” podcast
- Where to listen
- Thank you, sign-off
Check out Dr Zibner's podcast Unstable Vitals
Emergency Medicine Residents, get your free subscription by writing [email protected]
163 episodes
Manage episode 518181743 series 1358194
In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and Lara Zibners, MD discuss the August 2025 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice article, Diphtheria, Pertussis, and Tetanus: An Update of Evidence-Based Management of Pediatric Patients in the Emergency Department
- Introduction and guest background
- Host welcome, show context
- Dr. Lara Zibners’ credentials
- EB Medicine involvement
- Personal stories and clinical experience
- Memorable tetanus and pertussis cases
- Vaccine advocacy
- Rare disease encounters
- Diphtheria: overview, presentation, treatment
- Toxigenic vs. non-toxigenic, “bull neck”
- Cardiac, neurologic complications
- Antitoxin, antibiotics, public health
- Pertussis: symptoms, vaccine, treatment
- “100-day cough,” apnea in infants
- Waning immunity, boosters
- Azithromycin, treat contacts
- Tetanus: risk, presentation, management
- Clostridium ubiquity, no outbreaks
- Muscle spasms, autonomic instability
- Airway, sedation, antibiotics
- Key ED takeaways and pearls
- Early suspicion, isolation
- ICU admission for severe cases
- Vaccination, reporting
- Resources and article summary
- Appendix, clinical pathway
- ebmedicine.net reference
- CME, further reading
- Guest’s podcast plug and closing remarks
- “Unstable Vitals” podcast
- Where to listen
- Thank you, sign-off
Check out Dr Zibner's podcast Unstable Vitals
Emergency Medicine Residents, get your free subscription by writing [email protected]
163 episodes
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