Case Presentation: A 56‐year‐old woman presented to the emergency room with left ear pain with sanguineous drainage for 2 days. She had a history of biopsy‐proven benign left ear mass 1 year prior, but was lost to follow‐up. She was febrile, tachycardic, hypertensive, and had leukocytosis. Initial management included volume resuscitation, analgesics and acetaminophen, and […]

Background: Asthma, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia are common pediatric inpatient diagnoses. Viral testing (VT) is not routinely necessary for these diagnoses as it often does not impact management. Our study objectives for each diagnosis are to; 1) describe trends in VT over the last 5 years including seasonal variation (respiratory season- Oct-March versus non-respiratory season- April-Sept), […]