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Navigating the Quademic: Clinical Differentiation of Influenza, RSV, COVID-19, and Norovirus in Pediatric Emergency Care

PEMBlog

Differentiating these pathogens based on clinical presentation is crucial for targeted management, minimizing unnecessary diagnostic tests, and optimizing healthcare resources. Common Complications : Otitis media : Diagnosis is supported by the presence of a bulging tympanic membrane with purulent effusion.

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 3: The Only Thing We Have to Fear

PEMBlog

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. Clinical features of neonatal toxic shock syndrome-like exanthematous disease emerging in Japan. This is the first of the four cases. link] Takahashi, N., Nishida, H., Yamasaki, C., Takahashi, K., Y., & Uchiyama, T.

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Influential women in the history of medicine

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

Most notably, it led the way to the development of the x-ray, which allowed internal imagery to be used for diagnosis without the need for open surgery, and radiation therapy for treating cancer. Apgar was the first woman to become a full professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

We would drill down on the tenth differential diagnosis of medium vessel vasculitis, and then we would discharge them back out to the streets. Why was I spending all this time figuring out the detailed differential diagnosis of these obscure diseases when we weren’t actually attending to what people really needed?