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The Point of Care tools will be very helpful in clarifying aspects of the case. Many of these POC tools also reference the latest guidelines.
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Resources for this Case
Textbooks (look left)
National & International Organizations
Lumbar Puncture - Video Demonstration
PubMed Searches - Reminders
Point of Care Tools
All of the tools have some great information on this topic. However, each has some special features that highlight information in different ways. Check out the details on topics like systemic inflammatory response syndrome. However, the textbooks & journals might be a quicker look up for some topics like early goal directed therapy.
National & International Organizations
Including the links from the resource page posted on the meded-portal.
PubMed Tips
From early goal directed therapy to HAART to HIV treatment in Africa - PubMed will have a number of resources for the topic at hand. Here are a few reminders of some of the PubMed search tips you might have encountered over the last 2 years.
Dr. Marsh encourages the groups he facilitates to scan the New England Journal of Medicine weekly. It is a habit he started years ago and continues even now. There have frequently been articles pertinent to the weekly cases, and in 2013, it was very pertinent to this case. The March 7, 2013 issue has some related articles:
A Reminder About Resources