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You don’t need labs or CT scans in children who have recovered after a simple febrile or first time seizure

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Team members and families eagerly await your intervention to halt the seizure and understand its underlying cause. The lack of utility of laboratory testing in children with an unprovoked generalized seizure, or a simple febrile seizure is supported by several observational studies.

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Toxicology Answer: the Lionfish, a Dangerous, Non-Native Invader

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and have spread invasively with the sea currents up the East Coast of the United States (spotted in North Carolina in 2000) and into the Caribbean. 7 Depending on velocity of contact, this action can fracture the spike and leave foreign body fragments of the spine within the tissue. In 1985, they were spotted in Dania Beach, Fla.,

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Pain Management of Common Chief Complaints in the ED

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Costochondritis, rib fractures, and pericarditis are common causes of chest pain that can be treated with multimodal regimens. 7 Rib and Sternal Fractures: Rib fractures are often caused by blunt chest trauma. Up to two-thirds of rib fractures are missed on initial chest radiographs. Most cases abate by one year.