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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. A negative test can also provide false reassurance. Comprehensive respiratory viral panels (i.e., for bronchiolitis and 1.5%

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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

While many of these procedures provide critical care, we know they are acutely painful. 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. Whats more, pain isnt always managed.

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