ASEM documentary overview
Official Canadian Paediatric Society document (2019) on “Preventing and treating infections in children with asplenia or hyposplenia”. Children with asplenia or hyposplenia are at risk of developing overwhelming sepsis. Health care providers caring for children with asplenia should ensure the best outcomes by using preventive strategies that focus on parent and patient education, immunization, antibiotic prophylaxis, and aggressive management of suspected infection. This updated position statement replaces a prior document from 2014 because new vacc.
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