June 19, 2013

Pediatric Fever: Part 2

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What age should we use for the febrile ex-premie? At what temperature does a fever become dangerous? How should we approach the unvaccinated febrile infant? How many blood cultures should we get in febrile infants?

Whooping cough

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Pertussis is bad cough, really bad for babies, extremely contagious and happens in epidemics. We can partially prevent it with vaccination but not completely. So the next question is, can we treat it?