Your time is valuable and so is mine. That’s why I’m sharing brief, focused podcast episodes that will hone in on a single problem. This time, it’s stress dose steroids. Learn about how to give them and to not worry about tons of body surface area related math when you have a sick child in front of you.

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Metabolic Disorders – PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast

This episode will help you better prepare for and manage children with inborn errors of metabolism in the Emergency Department. Consider it a supplement to what you remember from Biochemistry and the instructions on the family’s laminated care plan sheet. My special guest podcaster, Emily Groopman, is an actual Pediatric Geneticist in training and we […]
  1. Metabolic Disorders
  2. Vitamin K Deficient Bleeding (Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn)
  3. Cellulitis
  4. Laryngomalacia
  5. Meckel Diverticulum

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References

Huan D and Tat S. PEM Pearls: Hydrocortisone stress-dosing in adrenal insufficiency for children. Academic Life in Emergency Medicine. https://www.aliem.com/pem-pearls-hydrocortisone-stress-dosing-adrenal-insufficiency-children/ May 2, 2016

Miller BS, Spencer SP, Geffner ME, Gourgari E, Lahoti A, Kamboj MK, Stanley TL, Uli NK, Wicklow BA, Sarafoglou K1. Emergency management of adrenal insufficiency in children: advocating for treatment options in outpatient and field settings. J Investig Med. 2019 Feb 28. PMID: 30819831. 

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