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Talking to families about why we don’t need tests after febrile seizures or first-time seizures

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Did you know that lab tests and CT scans are not recommended for most children who fully recover after a simple febrile seizure or a first-time, unprovoked generalized seizure?

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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

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Liz Bayliss is Senior Investigator at Kaiser Permanente Colorado Institute for Health Research, and Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado. We had a phrase about taking this medicine as an additional pill for you to swallow, and requires periodic lab tests for monitoring and… Eric: And cost you money.