We’ll give you the all the tools you need to approach the child who presents to the ED with seizure with the utmost confidence!
This week’s Elemental EM discusses how to get more mental pediatric intubation practice.
What do you do with the pediatric patient with fever of unknown origin? Is it infection, immunologic, drug fever, a malignancy? Dr. Sean Fox gives you what you need to know on pediatric fever of unknown origin.
Every so often you encounter a patient that has a finding that catches you by surprise. Like having air in places that should not have air in them. We have discussed spontaneous pneumothorax and traumatic pneumothorax in children as well as how to detect pneumothorax in neonates and how to treat a pneumothorax, but what about pneumomediastinum? As you try to resist the urge to say “D’Oh!” let us consider Pneumomediastinum!
“She won’t walk“, or “He just looks like he’s limping“. So many things can be going on — how do we tackle this chief complaint? You’re dreading a big work-up. You almost want to tell the kid: please, STOP LIMPING…
IV fluids are classically associated with increased risk of cerebral edema in pediatric DKA. What is the literature behind this association? What mechanisms account for cerebral edema, and what should the emergency physician do?
Pediatric emergency medicine can differ from adult EM in several ways. Dr. James O'Neill brings you his thoughts on pediatric EM in this EM Mindset.
Do we recognize shock early enough? How do we prioritize our interventions? Are we making our patient better or worse?
