Among the presentations seen in the ED, few command the same respect as status epilepticus. It is, in itself, both a diagnostic dilemma and, at times, a therapeutic nightmare.
This month's medical malpractice insights looks at a case involving the alteration of a medical record.
Today we have a spoken word poem from Alex Koyfman on intangibles.
What's Pediatric Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia, or JET, and how is it managed?
Patients frequently present with suspected soft tissue foreign body... How should you evaluate and manage these patients?
A 3-day full term male presents with poor feeding and lethargy, looking grey. He is diaphoretic with feeds. He has not gained weight since birth. He is afebrile, tachycardic, tachypneic, grey appearing, with cool extremities and poor capillary refill. What should you consider?
Seeing blood in a child’s urine will catch a parent’s attention.
Chasing the Dragon refers to the practice of heroin inhalation by placing heroin in a small square of aluminum foil which is then heated from below. As the heroin melts it turns into a reddish-brown substance that may resemble a dragon’s tail. Inhaling heroin may induce toxic leukoencephalopathy, which has no proven treatment and recovery, if any, is prolonged.
