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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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Team members and families eagerly await your intervention to halt the seizure and understand its underlying cause. This harm can manifest through the discomfort of blood draws and urine catheterizations, as well as the radiation exposure involved in head CT scans. This includes scarring abnormalities, bleeds, and tumors.

Seizures

Seizures Pediatrics Point-of-Care Testing Wellness

Noisy, low amplitude ECG in a patient with chest pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

The patient was tremulous and severely hypoglycemic by point-of-care testing. While awaiting transfer to the cath lab, STAT echocardiogram was performed and showed LVEF 30-35%, as well as anterior, inferior, and apical hypokinesis, and apical thrombus. There are also diagonal branches which are not well visualized.

EKG/ECG

EKG/ECG Wellness Point-of-Care Testing Shock

Emergency Care Today

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

Noisy, low amplitude ECG in a patient with chest pain

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