Norovirus is the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis worldwide and is also a major cause of food borne illness. It spreads rapidly and causes vomiting and diarrhea that lead to many ED visits. Hopefully this brief episode will enrich the discussions that you have with patients and their families when making the diagnosis of viral gastroenteritis.

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Norovirus – PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast – Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd – February 28, 2023

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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King CK, Glass R, Bresee JS, et al. Managing acute gastroenteritis among children: oral rehydration, maintenance, and nutritional therapy. MMWR Recomm Rep 2003; 52:1.

Wilhelmi I, Roman E, Sánchez-Fauquier A. Viruses causing gastroenteritis. Clin Microbiol Infect 2003; 9:247.