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Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · 11d

👋 from AAP in Denver! We're sharing our new app with pediatric clinicians! #SanfordGuidePediatric

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Samir S. Shah @samirshahmd.bsky.social · Aug 3

👶🩺 #SanfordGuidePediatric Update

🆕 in @jama.com July 30, 2025 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40736730/

➕ New topic: 🦠Influenza with guidance on identifying influenza-associated complications, including the recently reported series of pediatric acute necrotizing encephalopathy

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Screenshot of the first screen of the newly added Influenza topic in the Sanford Guide to Pediatric Acute Care app. This screenshot shows the epidemiology and etiology of influenza, including specific information on associated infections, hospitalizations, and deaths each year.

This image is a screenshot of the complications section of the influenza topic in the Sanford Guide to Pediatric Acute Care app. There is specific mention of acute necrotizing encephalopathy as noted in the JAMA paper published July 30, 2025, with the link in the post.

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Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · Jul 31

Find the new PEN-FAST calculator inside #SanfordGuideAntimicrobial

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Samir S. Shah @samirshahmd.bsky.social · Jul 19

👶🩺 #SanfordGuidePediatric Update

➕ @nejm.org placebo-controlled RCT (July 16, 2025)

💊 Providing 6-doses ondansetron after ED visit w/ #gastroenteritis led to lower risk of moderate-to-severe gastroenteritis during next 7 days

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40673584/
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Samir S. Shah @samirshahmd.bsky.social · Jul 22

👶🏽🩺 #SanfordGuidePediatric

🆕 We’ve added Developmental & Behavioral Medicine content

😴 #Autism what I love about this is the very practical guidance for both the inpatient and outpatient setting. A few snippets from the app
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Screenshot from the Sanford Guide to pediatric acute care showing the autism, overview topic. This particular screenshot shows a portion of the DSM-5 definition.

Screenshot from the Sanford Guide to pediatric acute care showing the autism, overview topic. This particular screenshot shows a portion of management guidance for the outpatient setting.

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Samir S. Shah @samirshahmd.bsky.social · Jul 9

👶🏽🩺 We’ve added the Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index #PUCAI calculator to #SanfordGuidePediatric

Pediatric ulcerative colitis activity index calculator screenshot from the Sanford Guide to pediatric acute care

Pediatric ulcerative colitis activity index calculator screenshot from the Sanford Guide to pediatric acute care. This image shows the last few variables as well as the button to calculate the index

Pediatric ulcerative colitis activity index calculator screenshot from the Sanford Guide to pediatric acute care. This particular image shows how one interprets the score with remission being a score of less than 10, mild being a score of 10 to 34, moderate being a score of 35 to 64, and severe being a score of 65 or greater

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Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · Jul 9

ID Update July Edition is out. Get it free inside the #SanfordGuideAntimicrobial app.

Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · Jul 1

Communicating with Adolescents and Parents #SanfordGuidePediatric
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Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · Jun 26

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency #SanfordGuidePediatric
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Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · Jun 26

Sanford Guide to Pediatric Acute Care users just got this message when they fire up their app. Subscriptions now come with web access! Visit pac.sanfordguide.com from a web browser and take a look around ✨ #SanfordGuidePediatric

Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · Jun 23

Pneumocystis Pneumonia, PJP, Prophylaxis #SanfordGuideAntimicrobial

Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · Jun 12

Quick Stridor Tip #SanfordGuidePediatric
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Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · Jun 5

Quick tip for identifying the place in therapy for a new antibiotic. #SanfordGuideAntimicrobial

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Samir S. Shah @samirshahmd.bsky.social · May 31

👶🏽🩺Though most people use the search function to identify relevant content in #SanfordGuidePediatric we added a Table of Content to orient users.

Many thanks to those users who provided the input prompting this addition.

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Screenshot of the home page of the Sanford Guide to Pediatric Acute Care with a circle in purple “marker “ highlighting the quick link to the table of contents.

Screenshot of the first few topics in the Sanford Guide to Pediatric Acute Care, including adolescent medicine and asthma allergy and the relevant topics within those content areas.

Screenshot of the first portion of the infectious diseases content area in the Sanford Guide to Pediatric Acute Care, which is arranged alphabetically.

Screenshot of a second portion of the infectious diseases content area in the Sanford Guide to Pediatric Acute Care, which is arranged alphabetically. This screenshot shows topics through fever of unknown origin.

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Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · May 30

We endorse this statement. For our users, please be assured that recommendations in The Sanford Guide will always be evidence-based, derived from science and supported with references to the most relevant source literature. —Jeb C. Sanford, Managing Editor, on behalf of our Editorial Board

IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · May 27

Secretary Kennedy's announcement that COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women could reduce vaccine access for millions of Americans.

IDSA urges insurers to maintain coverage for COVID-19 vaccines: bit.ly/4jjmwPV

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Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · May 29

Quick Infectious Mononucleosis Tip #SanfordGuidePediatric

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Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · May 28

Quick Penicillin Allergies Tip #SanfordGuideAntimicrobial

Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · May 27

Quick Orbital Cellulitis Tip #SanfordGuidePediatric

Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · May 23

Quick Clindamycin in Pregnancy Tip #SanfordGuideAntimicrobial

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Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · May 22

Quick Retropharyngeal Abscess Tip #SanfordGuidePediatric

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Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists - SIDP @sidpharm.bsky.social · May 22

Happy ID Pharmacist's Day! Thanks to everyone who shared their story with us! Congrats to the Share Your Story winner, Eva Littringer, and our runner-up, Aleena Issac!

Pharmacists lead innovation in ID & make a huge impact on patient care! Don't forget to join us today from 12-1PMEST to celebrate!

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Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · May 20

Do not use Ixchiq (Chikungunya Vaccine, Live) in persons >60 years of age pending further investigation of 17 severe adverse events (including encephalopathy and cardiac events) and 2 deaths in the US and in the current Reunion Island outbreak. FDA/CDC: buff.ly/giW4b6K #SanfordGuideAntimicrobial

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Samir S. Shah @samirshahmd.bsky.social · May 17

👶🩺 Sanford Guide to Pediatric Acute Care app UPDATE❗

Content area: #Nephrology

🟣 Added info from RCT in @jama.com #pediatrics (May 12, 2025) comparing tacrolimus & MMF in frequently relapsing or steroid-dependent #NephroticSyndrome

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Screenshot of the Sanford Guide to Pediatric Acute Care app showing newly added text that incorporates treatment information on Relapsing or Steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome based on the clinical trial published in JAMA Pediatrics on May 12th. PMID: 40354041 showing that tacroliums leads to a longer time to first relapse, fewer replases within the first year of life, and lower cumulative steroids dose at one-year compared with mycophenolate mofetil. The new text also states that because long-term tacrolimus use is associated with nephrotoxicity and chronic kidney disease, some centers prefer MMF or rituximab before tacrolimus.

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Samir S. Shah @samirshahmd.bsky.social · May 1

💉Virtually no physician or nurse completing training in past quarter century has seen Haemophilus Influenzae type b #Hib. I hope we don’t see a resurgence of this vaccine-preventable infection. Added it to the Sanford Guide to Pediatric Acute Care, just in case.
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Screenshot of the first section (epidemiology) of the topic Haemophilus influenzae type b infections from the Sanford Guide to pediatric acute care app.

Screenshot from the Sanford Guide to pediatric acute care app. The image shows a portion of the management section. Among the key points are plasma mediated resistance, which makes ceftriaxone rather than amoxicillin the first line antibiotic. Dexamethasone has been shown when administered before or at the same time as the first dose of antibiotics to reduce the frequency of hearing loss in Hib meningitis.

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Sanford Guide @sanfordguide.bsky.social · Apr 24

This is what a useful pathogen page looks like...in our opinion. A brief, constantly updated set of notes written by an expert with plenty of references to support the guidance. Check it out for yourself, we've made this content free on the web and app: web.sanfordguide.com/en/sanford-g...

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