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

PEMBlog

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. Establishing benchmarks for the hospitalized care of children with asthma, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia. isolation for SARS-CoV-2).

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

PEMBlog

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. References Palla J, Sockrider MM. Congenital Lung Malformations. Pediatr Ann. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20190326-02. PMID: 30986318. Hegde BN, Tsao K, Hirose S.

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An Arm and a Leg: The Prescription Drug Playbook, Part I

Physician's Weekly

In January of last year, Cole went to a Walgreens in Appleton, Wisconsin, to get refills on the medication he used to control his asthma. A few days later, he had a massive asthma attack. Back in February, we asked you, our listeners, to tell us how you’ve managed when your prescriptions got really expensive. Dan: I KNOW!

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

Medical Xpress

The commonest strategy to manage acute pain in preterm babies is to give them sucrose , a sugar solution. One of these sites does not use sucrose for acute pain management. We found no link between preterm babies later behavior and how much sucrose they were given to manage pain. Whats more, pain isnt always managed.

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