Some hospital emergency rooms have seen record-breaking numbers of patients this week as those with coughs, sore throats and fevers — and sometimes no symptoms at all — have sought reassurance that they do not have swine flu.

Although the pattern is far from universal, the surges have been particularly heavy at children’s hospitals.

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