pediatrics

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.

Just one case of missed pediatric physical abuse I consider a travesty. The sad state of affairs is that thousands of cases of pediatric physical abuse are missed on initial presentation to EDs across North America. And a small but significant minority of these children die.

A Social Visit or Your Most Dangerous Presentation Tonight?

We discuss an approach to diagnosing pediatric UTIs whilst revealing some common pediatric UTI myths and misperceptions…

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

This month’s Medical Malpractice Insights looks at a difficult case of multiple ED visits in a pediatric patient and the importance of documented medical decision making and return precautions.

You know how to intubate safely.
You can recite all of the Ps backwards and forwards – until you can’t.

Let’s take a minute to review Trampoline Injuries.

This week’s Journal Feed Wrap-up gives you new evidence on predictors of a difficult airway, US evaluation of tamponade, PECARN and pediatric fever, and concurrent bronchiolitis and UTI in pediatric patients.

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