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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

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PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. What’s the Diagnosis? Pulmonology and surgery were consulted during his hospital stay, and he has since had a left lower lobectomy after healing from his pneumonia. 2019 Apr 1;48(4):e169-e174.

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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. Establishing benchmarks for the hospitalized care of children with asthma, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia. antivirals for influenza) or public health recommendations (e.g., isolation for SARS-CoV-2).