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You don’t need labs or CT scans in children who have recovered after a simple febrile or first time seizure

PEMBlog

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not. Pediatrics.

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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

Identifying serious causes of back pain: cancer, infection, fracture. The diagnostic accuracy of fecal calprotectin during the investigation of suspected pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care tests in acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections. Cleve Clin J Med.