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NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
The annual Holiday Party will be held Friday December 4 at 7pm at the Stanford Faculty Club. This is always TONS of fun, so mark your calendars! RESIDENT HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST! Sahar took first place with her excellent version of Dora the Explorer. The lovely Snow White (Julia Gabhart) took second, with the pirate Amy Grace taking third! *Honorable mention goes to Lisa Winterroth for actually stopping Grand Rounds on Friday with her very cute witch costume. ONE SWAB IS ENOUGH
We are switching from two swabs/two viral transport media (VTM) per patient to one swab/one VTM per patient. We will be able to do all necessary tests (DFA+- PCR and culture) with one swab/VTM. The new respiratory collection kits have been reconfigured. CHIEFS' CORNER
Greetings Awesome Residents! Interview Season will start at the end of November! Please let us know if you are willing to house an applicant overnight pre- or post- interview day, as they are always looking for "freebie" overnight lodging. John, Eva, and Lindsay ----- Lindsay Jackson
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Pediatric Pearl #2
My patient keeps coming back with hives, what should I do? By definition
urticaria of 6 weeks’ duration is arbitrarily
considered “acute,” whereas urticaria recurring frequently
for longer than 6 weeks is referred to as “chronic.” A cause is most often more apparent in
acute urticaria than in chronic urticaria. Generally,
80% to 90% of patients with chronic urticaria do not
have a cause that is well-described.
Acute urticaria is much more likely to be caused Unless information obtained by the history and physical examination leads to suspicion of foods as a causal factor, an extensive laboratory evaluation of patients with apparent food-induced acute urticaria would not be indicated. Extensive testing of patients with chronic urticaria is not warranted unless indicated by the initial evaluation. |
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