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You don’t need to order comprehensive viral panels for most patients

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The Choosing Wisely Pediatric Emergency Medicine Recommendations The Choosing Wisely Campaign Toolkit Expert Contributors Olivia Ostrow, MD Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario, Canada olivia.ostrow@sickkids.ca Reasons to not order a comprehensive respiratory viral panel (i.e., for bronchiolitis and 1.5% isolation for SARS-CoV-2).

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

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Pulmonology and surgery were consulted during his hospital stay, and he has since had a left lower lobectomy after healing from his pneumonia. Most patients are afebrile by the third day of treatment and clinically improved within two weeks. 2019 Apr 1;48(4):e169-e174. References Palla J, Sockrider MM. Pediatr Ann.

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Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesn't stop long-term impacts on development

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Long-term effects of pain in early life We collected data on the number of procedures, clinical exposures and sucrose doses from three NICUs across Canada. As is the case internationally, sucrose is used widely in New Zealand, but there is considerable variation in protocols of use across hospitals.

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