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AUGUST 30, 2023

The Choosing Wisely Pediatric Emergency Medicine Recommendations The Choosing Wisely Campaign Toolkit Expert Contributors Michele Nypaver, MD University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, USA michelen@med.umich.edu Jennifer Thull-Freedman, MD Alberta Children’s Hospital Calgary, Alberta, Canada Jennifer.Thull-Freedman@albertahealthservices.ca

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Choosing Wisely aims to help clinicians align with best practices by avoiding interventions that are not supported by evidence. Front Pediatr. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2020;105:A86-A87. These interventions should be discussed carefully with patients before being carried out. What is the aim of choosing Wisely?

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 44 (2021) 102196. Acute Kidney Injury Is Common in Pediatric Severe Malaria and Is Associated with Increased Mortality. Pediatric Malaria: Global and North American Perspectives. Pediatr Clin N Am 69 (2022) 47–64. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Apr; 32(4): 227–231.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Antibiotic Use for Common Infections in Pediatric Emergency Departments: A Narrative Review. Pediatr Infect Dis J. Infectious complications and optimising infection prevention for children with cochlear implants. Randel A, Infectious Disease Society of America. Karageorgos, S.; Hibberd, O.; Mullally, P.J.W.;

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EMDocs

MAY 29, 2023

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). Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein: how best to use them in clinical practice. Pediatr Ann. PMID: 25290132. (7)

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