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Trauma Reports Supplement
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New palliative care model may ease transition from acute care to hospice
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Despite more partnerships, some patients being missed
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Family members often conflict with ICU staff
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Rules on refusing nutrition draw suit in Arkansas
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Pain management panel to work on standards
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Prevent staff misuse of chaplains’ services
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Guide offers help dealing with Alzheimer’s patients
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Pediatric Fever: Myths and Management
One of the most common manifestations of disease, fever in children remains controversial, misunderstood, and often is thought to be mysterious. The clinician always should realize that fever is not a disease itself, but a manifestation of a number of different disease processes. Because there are substantial differences in the cause and outcome of fever-generating illnesses in children of different ages, the discussion must consider age. Not surprisingly, there is a diversity of approaches to fever.