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Whoop! There It Is: A Pertinent Pediatric Pertussis Podcast

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In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast , we explore pertussis, also known as whooping cough – a disease that remains a public health challenge despite widespread vaccination efforts. Pediatr Rev May 2018; 39 (5): 247–257. Daniels, Camille Sabella; Bordetella pertussis (Pertussis).

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

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Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccine-related febrile seizures. 2018 Nov;142(5):e20181009. Epub 2018 Oct 8. Febrile seizures are due to the degree of fever, not the rate of temperature rise, even though we see them as the temperature is increasing rapidly in the early parts of the illness. Pediatrics.

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