by Loraine Lugasi | Oct 10, 2024 | Top 10 Physician's Recommendations
Download Postcard (PDF) Share This on Social Media! Coughing is generally a normal defense mechanism of the body and is mostly related to acute respiratory infections in children. How to talk with patients and parents about cough medicine: Coughing is...
by Loraine Lugasi | Oct 10, 2024 | Top 10 Physician's Recommendations
Download Postcard (PDF) Share This on Social Media (coming soon!) The use of bronchodilators and glucocorticoids did not prove to have any benefits with respect to rates of hospitalization and readmission, duration of the disease and overall disease outcome. What is...
by Loraine Lugasi | Oct 10, 2024 | Top 10 Physician's Recommendations
Download Postcard (PDF) Share This on Social Media (coming soon!) Most patients with severe infections (i.e., pyelonephritis, osteomyelitis, and uncomplicated severe pneumonia) can be safely transitioned from intravenous (IV) to oral antibiotics: If there are no...
by Loraine Lugasi | Oct 10, 2024 | Top 10 Physician's Recommendations
Download Postcard (PDF) Share This on Social Media (coming soon!) Acute otitis media (AOM) is a very common and usually self-limiting infection in children. Watchful waiting strategy should be discussed with parents and follow-up after 48-72 hours is arranged, if...
by Loraine Lugasi | Oct 10, 2024 | Top 10 Physician's Recommendations
Download Postcard (PDF) Share This on Social Media (coming soon!) In asymptomatic term and late-preterm infants with risk factors, close clinical monitoring is the safer option, allowing for adequate and timely sepsis detection while reducing unnecessary...