How much of your practice is CYA?

I've known this for quite some time, but he really came to a head today. We had a kid (<10 years old) more or less dying of COVID and sepsis with significant myocardial depression (x3 vasoactives). All the services were consulted when the patient arrived the night prior. I was getting signout from the junior attending who informed me, amongst other things, that the consultant services were "weighing the idea of IVIG". Granted, I think there is a lot of voodoo in IVIG, but when it comes to...

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