Latest topics in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
The attending just stepped out to get coffee. You are the only resident in the critical care area. You just endorsed the only active patient to the medical admitting resident. As you are about to check your Instagram, the EMS rolls in a 34-year-old female s/p extramural delivery Read more…
You just finished a slow Peds shift during which you saw a whopping 3 patients – viral syndrome, viral syndrome, ibuprofen, PO challenge, and discharge. You feel a little underwhelmed. As you leave the hospital, you decide to call an Uber. A disheveled guy with white hair comes to Read more…
A 12 year-old female with no PMHx presents to the pediatric ED with acute-onset crampy and sharp left-sided pelvic pain. The pain started 3-4 hours earlier, associated with nausea but no vomiting or diarrhea. VS: HR 102, BP 110/86, T: 99.4 You note a non-toxic appearing girl in moderate distress due to Read more…
A young child presents to your ED after falling off his swing and landing directly on his forehead. He’s going to need some stitches. Unfortunately, he just doesn’t want to cooperate, is not at all entertained by your Dora the Explorer stickers, and the tearful parents are refusing to assist Read more…
When Orange is the New Black – “Blurry Eyes” by Majo Joseph (normal) When you have a child who presents to your ED with blurry vision, how confidently can you do a fundus exam? Fundus exam had been considered to be an integral part of physical examination in children. Many physicians are Read more…
Imagine: You are a 3 year old child. The world is your oyster. You are young (very young), carefree, and you have a need for speed. Times are good. Until you get a fever.. for 6 freakin’ days! Your whole body just ain’t like it use to be–you have Read more…
by Aditi Jayanth A 4 month-old boy presents to ED with new “strange body movements.” His grandmother first noticed this behavior 2 weeks ago. His arms and legs would be held in a flexed position, lasting 1 to 2 seconds at a time. He remained alert and responsive during the Read more…
By: Mj Jo It begins as a routine case of food poisoning. An otherwise healthy 16 year-old girl is rolled into your ED with vomiting, diarrhea and dizziness after eating a home cooked fish meal. Her 47 year-old mother is being treated treated concurrently on the adult ED side Read more…
Your Case: A previously healthy, 8 year-old Hispanic boy presents to the ED with a recurrent rash on his right posterior thigh. The involved area always becomes “infected” whenever the patient develops a fever, and this is the 3rd and most severe episode. 1st episode– 2 years ago, the family Read more…
