
S2 Ep21: Things We Do For No Reason in Pediatrics #2: How to stop relying on blood cultures and X-rays!
The Cribsiders
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The Importance of Routinely Doing Respiratory Viral Panels
The only virus that's actually community spreading right now is rhinobirus. If you're not on at the right time, you might not see RSV or flu over the winter as a pediatric intern. Blood culture contamination rate often is between 1% to 3%. In complicated pneumonia, it goes up to about 13%, 25%.
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