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What Are Potential Problems of Using Povidone-Iodine?

Pediatric Education

He and his mother had cleaned it well with soap and water and then used some iodine solution on his leg scrapes. They may contain additional active ingredients as well including alcohol. Patient Presentation A 12-year-old male came to clinic for his health maintenance examination.

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The PALACE Trial: Direct Oral PCN Challenge in Patients with Low-Risk PCN Allergy?

RebelEM

Patients with a history of anaphylaxis with any drug were excluded from this trial Open-label study (i.e. randomization) as per protocol (i.e. eligibility to screened ratio) Feasibility of recruitment defined as proportion of patients consenting to participate in the study protocol from eligible patients (i.e.

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REBEL Core Cast 122.0 – Neutropenic Fever

RebelEM

The loss of these cells leads to immunosuppression as well as decreased responsiveness of the immune system as a whole Patients with neutropenia will not only get very sick very quickly, but also will have blunted immune response and may not localize signs of infection well Fever or malaise may be their only presenting symptoms.