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Key takeaway: After measles exposure, give MMR within 72 hours to eligible patients—even if they’ve already had 1 dose—while reserving immune globulin for high-risk groups. 


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Synovial fluid aspiration for Gram stain and culture is the highest-yield diagnostic step in suspected septic arthritis, and crystals or lack of fever do not rule it out. 


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In pediatric organophosphate poisoning, atropine treats muscarinic symptoms, but pralidoxime is added to reverse acetylcholinesterase inhibition (especially when respiratory compromise/weakness is present). <...


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A loud/accenuated P2 plus a tricuspid regurgitation holosystolic murmur strongly suggests clinically significant pulmonary hypertension with right-sided strain.


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