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

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The diagnosis of a virus illness is generally made clinically with a history and clinical exam and does not require confirmatory testing. Identifying the specific type of virus that are causing a child’s symptoms, like rhinovirus vs parainfluenza, is often unnecessary, especially in otherwise healthy children who are managed at home.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

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Most patients are afebrile by the third day of treatment and clinically improved within two weeks. 2019 Apr 1;48(4):e169-e174. 2019 Apr 1;48(4):e169-e174. Management of Congenital Lung Malformations. He initially presented to his pediatrician two months prior with 10 days of cough and unexplained fevers. 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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The commonest strategy to manage acute pain in preterm babies is to give them sucrose , a sugar solution. 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. One of these sites does not use sucrose for acute pain management.

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