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Antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This blog post aims to help familiarise you with some of the most common reasons for prescribing antibiotics in the paediatric emergency department. Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. Karageorgos, S.;

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Choosing wisely – less can be more

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Choosing Wisely aims to help clinicians align with best practices by avoiding interventions that are not supported by evidence. Choosing Wisely in Paediatric Car e A trainee-led project in a UK tertiary paediatric emergency department looked at the usefulness of blood tests in 101 children. 70% had liver function tests.

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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-Reactive Protein in the ED

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Louis); Marina Boushra (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case A 54-year-old female with a past medical history of rheumatoid arthritis presents to the emergency department (ED) with generalized fatigue. The Open Infectious Disease Journal. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Sep 15;61(6):e26-46.

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You don’t need X-Rays in a child with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first time wheezing

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System changes to electronic ordering have been shown to induce more permanent clinical practice change and continual updates to these systems are necessary to keep pace with knowledge evolution and best practice. Pneumonia in Children Presenting to the Emergency Department with an Asthma Exacerbation. Pediatrics.