New infant fever evaluation tool, called CA FIRST, is set of algorithms offering clinicians help in more scenarios, with fewer interventions. Now in The Permanente Journal from KP CREST Network collaborators. #pediatrics #hospitalmed Dustin W Ballard KPNorthernCal bit.ly/3KC6Ysm

👀💊9/28 is National Penicillin Allergy Day! I devoted much of my career to studying the negative impact of taking a reported penicillin allergy as truth and using alternative antibiotics. Some adverse consequences are preventable through penicillin allergy evaluation 1/3

Getting ready for National Penicillin Allergy Day de-labeling a patient who is pending cardiothoracic surgery and has a history of penicillin allergy. #NPAD AAAAI IDSA SHEA 1/5

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For #PenicillinAllergyDay I want to encourage all our current & future OB/GYNs ACOG ACOG Pregnancy to have #allergistimmunologists be a part of the care team for your childbearing & pregnant pts to ensure 1st-line tx for GBS

Antibiotic Prescribing After Removal of EHR Cephalosporin Warning for Penicillin Allergy jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

(1/9) The USDAR (United States Drug Allergy Registry) group presents a consensus-developed, standardized, severity grading scale for immediate drug reactions in adults. This scale applies to both clinical care and research. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

“Penicillin Allergy Evaluation Should Be Performed Proactively in Patients with a Penicillin Allergy Label – A Position Statement of AAAAI Cc Ana Copaescu Jason Trubiano 🆔 Eric Macy Kimberly Blumenthal, MD, MSc #PALACE #IDXposts aaaai.org/Aaaai/media/Me…

Corticosteroids (in case you're going to think about it) has ZERO evidence to prevent biphasic reactions. First generation antihistamines should NEVER be used in the context of anaphylaxis. Stay away! If you're even going to consider it, use 2nd and 3rd generation. #CSACI23

Why words matter; great talk by Aikaterini Anagnostou on translating clinical definitions of #anaphylaxis into patient advice #PAAM2023

11 Kaiser Permanente medical centers in Southern California and Kaiser Permanente HI received an ‘A’ grade by the The Leapfrog Group for achieving the highest national standards in patient safety in the Fall 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. Learn more: bit.ly/3soBmAl

#ACAAI23 Baseline serum tryptase & #AlphaGal #IgE should be measured in recurring #anaphylaxis & in #biphasic -consider even if #foodAllergy suspected. Educate patients to ask ED for tryptase to be measured in 1st 90 minutes during severe reactions. Criteria for anaphylaxis vary

Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 Read this amazing article on the dogma of cross reaction sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

"Most people who say they are allergic to penicillin,aren't really, and can safely be given pencillins"

Perhaps we should change the name of the field in the EHR to WICAs, warnings, intolerances, cautions, and allergies to account for the reasons no to use or reuse a material or drug. Allergy Lists: Ubiquitous, but Flawed doximity.com/newsfeed/1e28d… via Doximity

I poured my heart and soul onto the page and this is the result: doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci… Thank you to Sara Hurtado Bares, MD and Paul Sax for giving my voice a space. Thank you to Wendy Stead and @MikeMeliaMD for the workshop on narrative writing at IDWeek 2023.

Evidence Against Use of Nitrogen for the Death Penalty | Neurology | JAMA | JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…