Remove Fractures Remove Point-of-Care Testing Remove Wellness
article thumbnail

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

PEMBlog

These tests come with various costs, such as drawing your attention away from direct patient care, placing financial burdens on the patient, and even posing potential harm. This harm can manifest through the discomfort of blood draws and urine catheterizations, as well as the radiation exposure involved in head CT scans.

article thumbnail

Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

As the name would suggest, inflammatory markers are biological markers of, well, inflammation. Identifying serious causes of back pain: cancer, infection, fracture. Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care tests in acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections. Cleve Clin J Med. 2008 Aug;75(8):557-66.