Teen Dies When Blood Culture Protocol Botched

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Address the patient s chief complaint first In this case the other symptoms were only side effects of the main problem Pay attention to lab work In this case the elevated white blood count and the related blood culture results Keep an open mind broaden your differential and document your medical decision-making MDM especially when sending a patient home with pending blood cultures Avoid anchoring bias and premature closure based on a patient s self-diagnosis This teen s report of a lifting injury does not comport with his signs and symptoms Follow your hospital s procedures on abnormal lab results Don t automatically write off preliminary culture results Charles A Pilcher is an emergency physician and editor Medical Malpractice Insights – Learning from Lawsuits He shares his story and discusses his KevinMD article Teen dies when blood culture protocol botched What can we learn from this tragedy Did you enjoy today s episode Rate and review the show so more audiences can find The Podcast by KevinMD Subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get notified when a new episode comes out Click here to earn 1 0 AMA PRA Category 1 CME for this episode Also available in Category 1 CME bundles Powered by CMEfy – a seamless way for busy clinician learners to discover Internet Point-of-Care Learning opportunities that reward AMA PRA Category 1 Credit s Learn more at about cmefy com cme-infoClick here to visit this podcast episode