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Antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department

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The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. Tonsillitis – Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice US [Internet]. 2007 Feb 1;24(2):128–9. Med J Aust.

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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-Reactive Protein in the ED

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Best practices advise not to routinely order an ESR to evaluate for inflammation in an undifferentiated patient and to instead order a CRP when evaluating for acute inflammation (4). 2007 Aug;12(4):353-7. The Open Infectious Disease Journal. Am J Clin Pathol. 2020 Jan 1;153(1):14-29. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz142.