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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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PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. What’s the Diagnosis? In addition to CLMs, the differential diagnosis for these patients includes an airway obstruction, aspirated foreign body serving as an infectious nidus, and immunologic disorder.