Department Blog
A lab test finding of Bandemia is a potential marker for severe infection. EM resident Matthew Jackson, MD, Assistant Professor Alexis Salerno, MD, and Professor Stephen Schenkel, MD, MPP, reported on a retrospective quality improvement study in “What happens to reporting when Bandemia becomes a critical alert?” in the January issue of The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Their chart review examined the incidence of bandemia in two cohorts of ED patients, before and after the UMMC ED instituted its critical alert. (Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Jan;87:105-107. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.10.045. Epub 2024 Oct 28. PMID: 39541756.)