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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. The clinical utility of respiratory viral testing in hospitalized children: a meta-analysis. Reasons to not order a comprehensive respiratory viral panel (i.e., JAMA Pediatr.

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

GeriPal

So, the consult will come in and then we’ll do what we call a clinical bedside evaluation, where we’ll go and see the patient at the bedside. So, we use that information to formulate a treatment plan. Here at UW Health, we call it our Swallow Service. We actually have even subspecialization, which is kind of fun.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

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Amber tells the moving story of how these findings led a clinical colleague, her chief, to question and change his behavior. Alex: We are delighted to welcome Amber Barnato, who’s a palliative care physician and health service researcher, and she’s director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.