There are many demands in the emergency department. Perhaps the most important ones come from patients and their families. This post looks at those situations in which patients/parents are requesting – nay demanding specific tests.
Here is a podcast episode that I recorded for Cincinnati Children's show "Young & Healthy" entitled "Parents, We Need Your Attention: Babies and Kids are Sick, Children’s Hospitals are Full, Wait Times are Long." It addresses why our EDs, Urgent Cares, and Hospitals are so busy, and offers caregiver focused advice on Bronchiolitis management.
There's an amoxicillin shortage right now... seriously. This post includes guideline resources and alternative option recommendations like tablets and capsules.
Perioribital cellulitis (AKA Preseptal cellulitis)is a soft tissue infection of the eyelids and skin anterior to the orbit. It must be differentiated from the more invasive and dangerous orbital cellulitis. Treatment varies depending on the original source (sinusitis, local trauma, stye etc,.). Learn all about periorbital cellulitis in this brief episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast.
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 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 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 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 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.
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.
