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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

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Pediatric Diarrhea with Dr. Jay Larmon

Downeast Emergency Medicine

In these patients, consider intra-abdominal emergencies (appendicitis, incarceration, etc). They will often require intravenous fluids and empiric antibiotics in addition labs (including blood cultures) and abdominal imaging. Clin Infect Dis 2012, 55(7):897-904. Arch Dis Child 1977, 52(8):597-605. Pubmed ]