The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine

The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine


SGEM#296: She’s Got the Fever but Does She Need an LP, Antibiotics or an Admission?

June 20, 2020

Date: June 14th, 2020
Guest Skeptic: Dr. Dennis Ren is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellow at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC.
Reference: Kuppermann et al. A Clinical Prediction Rule to Identify Febrile Infants 60 Days and Younger at Low Risk for Serious Bacterial Infections. JAMA Pediatr. 2019.
Case: A 5-week-old full term female presents…


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