Patients with severe asthma exacerbations will get the proverbial "kitchen sink" thrown at them when it comes to treatment. First of all, that old idiomatic statement posits asthma treatment as a battle, which it shouldn't be. But you should be armed with a solid understanding of the evidence behind the treatments that we use when treating patients with this potentially fatal disease.
PEMBlog is ten years old! What started as an extension of a Twitter Trivia Contest for residents at Cincinnati Children's has turned into one of the defining accomplishments of my career. Thank you for reading, and helping me on my journey to become a better teacher.
Dewdrops on a rose petal. You've all heard the description, right? But how many of you have actually seen chicken pox in the wild. And what about monkey pox - does it look the same? How can I tell them apart? I wish there was a brief podcast episode focused on varicella that would help answer some of these questions...
Neonatal mastitis is a rare, but potentially dangerous infection in newborns. Learn more about the workup and treatment in this PEMBlog Brief.
Hand, Foot, and Mouth (and Butt) disease is incredibly popular in the summer/warm weather months in the Northern Hemisphere (August through October). It is so popular that I guarantee you will see it many times. This brief episode will teach you how to make the diagnosis and review strategies for management - which are largely supportive.
High fever, no other symptoms followed by a rash? What could it be?
Laceration repair is one of the quintessential procedures that children undergo in Emergency Departments. Minimizing pain and anxiety for children is a much better idea than just holding them down and getting it done. This episode will teach you all about local anesthetics, when to use anxiolytics and procedural sedations s well as the considerable value of nonpharmacologic intervention - including Child Life Specialists.
Lyme disease prevalence continues to rise - especially in places where we didn't see it before (like Ohio!). this podcast episode focuses on making the diagnosis, the different stages of disease, as well as when to prophylaxis, treat, and how testing works - all in under 15 minutes.
This post reviews the diagnosis and management of nonspecific vulvovaginitis in prepubertal girls.
post is to provide some background and then to offer a summary of the sort of problems that can happen when babies don't get formula or breast milk.