Sean M. Fox

Diarrhea is no joking matter (although it can be the butt of many jokes – see what I did there?).

Omphalitis – is that a normal umbilical stump or something serious?

In diagnosing sinusitis, we need to remember to be vigilant for the more complex entity: Orbital Cellulitis.

While Sepsis, Trauma (Abdominal, Chest, Aortic), PE, Tamponade, Myocarditis, Heart Failure, Intussusception, Adrenal Crisis all deserve a place on the list of differential diagnoses, there is another condition to keep in mind — Kawasaki Disease Shock Syndrome:

Electrocardiograms are fun to look at: like abstract art that hangs in a fancy museum, their beauty is often in the eye of the beholder. That being said, they are a vital tool to interpret. There are several situations when the Pediatric ECG is an integral part of the evaluation.

We have previously discussed critical presentations involving hypertension (ex, Hypertensive Crisis, Eclampsia, Pheochromocytoma, Thyroid Storm), but there is another that involves the lungs that we need to add to the library. Let’s review Pulmonary Hypertensive Crisis

Let’s take a minute to review Trampoline Injuries.

Today Sean Fox covers the neonate with bloody stool on Pediatric EM Morsels.

Now let us take a moment to ponder the issues that can arise when an artery finds its origin incorrectly in an adjacent structure – Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA).

Airway management in the ED is a complex interplay of patient factors, clinical illness status, and provider factors that through our thorough training we become proficient at navigating. One topic that deserves specific attention is the notion of a Difficult Airway.