PEMPix 2020: Case #7
This case with dramatic X-Ray and CT findings was submitted by Kasi Eastep, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellow from Louisville.
This case with dramatic X-Ray and CT findings was submitted by Kasi Eastep, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellow from Louisville.
Jennifer White submitted this case of a unilaterally large, nonreactive pupil in a well-appearing patient. Why is this happening? What's going on? Is this, like, a bad thing? Read on to find out.
PEMPix is not the only diagnosis competition that is held by the American Academy of Pediatrics‘ Section on Emergency Medicine. EmergiQuiz is a case-based presentation series that challenges the audience to think through the differential diagnosis for a complex case. Part 1 launches 9/14/2020.
The fifth 2020 PEMPix case is from Ellie Souganidis, MD, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows from Texas Children's. It features a toddler who is dragging her leg, and some interesting X-Ray findings.
The fourth PEMPix 2020 case is of an ill child with a really bad looking rash. It was submitted by Jordan Shapiro from Children's National Hospital.
The third 2020 PEMPix case is from Jason Miller, MD from the Children's Hospital of Michigan. A teenager with type 1 diabetes presents with confusion and ataxic gait.
The second 2020 PEMPix case was submitted by Hazel Jeong, MD - a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellow from William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. It features a young man with scrotal drainage - warning for those viewing in public areas - genital images ahead.
This is the first PEMPix case in the 2020 competition. It was submitted by Blake Gruenberg, MD, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow from Vanderbilt, and features a young man with red urine, a subtle rash, and a whole lot more going on.
This is the official schedule for the premiere dates of the ten 2020 PEMPix cases.
I have partnered with Suzan Mazor, MD, the Toxicology Medical Director at Seattle Children's to deliver season one of our Toxicology focused podcast series. Tox Tuesdays will include brief, focused, high yield yield information that will help you manage children who are intentionally - and unintentionally - exposed to medications and environmental poisons.