A 7-year-old boy was treated with recent upper respiratory i…
A 7-year-old boy was treated with recent upper respiratory infection and otitis externa. The NP prescribed antibiotics and the patient improved, however, the mother brings the patient back in 3 weeks reporting she thinks her son still has an ear infection.The patient is afebrile and reports ear fullness, but no pain. The NP performs otoscopy and visualizes:
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The NP makes a diagnosis of pertussis in a 3-year-old patient with paroxysms of coughs with a whooping sound. The NP recognizes the preferred antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of pertussis in a pediatric patient older than 1 month of age is:
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