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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

PEMBlog

He had easy work of breathing, and physical exam was only notable for decreased breath sounds over the left lower lobe. 2018 Jul;48(3):247-250. Epub 2018 Apr 6. He initially presented to his pediatrician two months prior with 10 days of cough and unexplained fevers. On arrival, the patient was febrile to 38.3C. PMID: 29621946.

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Q&A: Experts Urge Pediatric Advocacy Amid Worsening Climate Hazards

Physician's Weekly

As climate change increases in certain pediatric illnesses like asthma, pediatricians have a role in caring for children, especially in vulnerable communities. The commentary that accompanied a retrospective cohort study of increased post-EWE asthma among children. How can all clinicians influence climate-related health policies?

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

What she called total pain, physical, psychosocial, and spiritual, and she started addressing it. We included people with bronchial asthma and many people with paralysis, paraplegia. We know that this is necessary in theory, we know that health is not only absence of disease, but physical, social, and mental wellbeing.

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