Briefs: Periorbital / Preseptal Cellulitis
Perioribital / Preseptal cellulitis is a common complaint in children and must be differentiated from more dangerous orbital infections. Learn all about it in this post.
PEMPix 2022 Online Case 04: Space Mountain
PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. This year, in addition to the 10 finalists I will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition I will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference. This is the last of the four cases. See if you can conquer all four "mountains" and guess the correct diagnosis.
PEMPix 2022 Online Case 03: Splash Mountain
PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. This year, in addition to the 10 finalists I will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition I will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference. This is the third of the four cases. See if you can conquer all four "mountains" and guess the correct diagnosis.
PEMPix 2022 Online Case 02: The Matterhorn
PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. This year, in addition to the 10 finalists I will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition I will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference. This is the second of the four cases. See if you can conquer all four "mountains" and guess the correct diagnosis.
PEMPix 2022 Online Case 01: Big Thunder Mountain
PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. This year, in addition to the 10 finalists I will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition I will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference. This is the first of the four cases. See if you can conquer all four "mountains" and guess the correct diagnosis.
2022 PEMPix Online Cases are coming – October 3rd through 6th
Each day from October 3 through 6, 2022 I will be releasing one of the four online PEMPix cases. The theme in advance of the AAP National Conference and Exhibition in Anaheim, CA should be obvious to any theme park aficionado. This year I received 88 submissions for PEMPix, and these 4 online cases will be accompanied by ten cases presented in person at the Section on Emergency Medicine session on Saturday October 8th.
Podcast Briefs: Neutropenic Enterocolitis
Bad things happen when you don't have enough neutrophils. After getting cytotoxic chemotherapy you tend to have even fewer neutrophils. This can put you at risk for neutropenic enterocolitis which should be suspected in an immunocompromised child with fever and abdominal symptoms. Treatment is broad spectrum antibiotics and the imaging test of choice is CT with contrast. Learn all about this potentially catastrophic condition in this brief podcast episode.
What’s the deal with Enterovirus D68?
Enterovirus D68 is currently causing upper and lower respiratory tract symptoms in a vast number of children in North America. It can also cause acute flaccid myelitis - learn a bit more about it in this blog post.
There is a national albuterol shortage – here’s what you need to know
We are running critically low on the bottles of albuterol that are used to compound continuous treatments. There is not a shortage of metered dose inhalers and nebules. Here's how you should adjust your treatment plans in lieu of this information.
Podcasters Assemble! A 5 episode season focused on pain management in children
The Pediatric Education and Advocacy Kit (PEAK) Pain podcast series consists of 5 episodes that all focus on different aspects of assessing, managing, and supporting the pediatric patient in pain. This series was coproduced by the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC) and features episodes from 5 of the leading podcasters in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.