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Journal Review

Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

Filed Under: Tags: , , , , , June 22nd, 2017 Leave a Comment

Fever without source in infants less than three months old presents a difficult diagnostic dilemma for ED physicians.  Over the past 25 years several algorithms have been developed to help guide clinicians,
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Journal Review

The Effect of Ibuprofen in Pediatric Fracture Healing

Filed Under: December 22nd, 2016 Leave a Comment

Although ibuprofen has been shown to be an effective analgesic for children with extremity fractures, controversy exists as to whether its use may be detrimental to fracture healing. This is problematic as common alternatives,
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Journal Review

Cherry Picking Patients in the ED

Filed Under: Tags: , November 10th, 2016 Leave a Comment

Triage and prioritizing patient care is an important skill that Emergency Medicine physicians must develop to become efficient and effective providers.  Previous studies have demonstrated statistically significant delays in door to provider time due to race and volume in the ED (Okunseri 2013,
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Kevin Carey, MD