Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd, Author at PEMBlog

About Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd

Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd is a Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and an Associate Director for the Pediatric Residency Training Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He is on Twitter/X @PEMTweets, on Instagram @BradSobolewski, authors the Pediatric Emergency Medicine site PEMBlog and is the host and creator of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast. All views are strictly my own and not official medical advice.

Pediatric Emergency Digest Volume 4

By Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd|2019-01-14T11:05:22-05:00January 15th, 2019|Abuse, Pediatric Emergency Digest|

This edition of Pediatric Emergency Department is a brief synopsis of the TEN-4, FACES and PIBIS scores for the detection of physical child abuse.

Wound irrigation

By Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd|2019-01-08T12:23:01-05:00January 9th, 2019|Procedures|

This post explores whether or not to use saline or water for irrigation, and discussed some particulars related to the technique.

You don’t need a test to diagnose the flu

By Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd|2019-01-08T11:19:35-05:00January 8th, 2019|Infectious Diseases|

Influenza season is in full swing. Most areas of the US are seeing widespread influenza activity.Though some patients can become very ill, and even die most do well. The main purpose of this post is to encourage you to use clinical history and physical examination to allow you to make the diagnosis of influenza, especially when disease prevalence is high. The bottom line is that you are smart, and if you think it is the flu you are probably right.

A concise video synopsis of David Schnadower’s study on probiotics in gastroenteritis from the New England Journal of Medicine

By Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd|2018-12-13T16:22:58-05:00December 17th, 2018|Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Video|

In an effort to better disseminate high quality and high impact research I am delighted to present to you this video that I recorded with James Gray and David Schnadower from Cincinnati Children's. I provides a quick synopsis of the recent study on probiotics in gastroenteritis and offers advice on how you can discuss this issue with parents.

A discussion about probiotics for gastroenteritis with David Schnadower

By Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd|2018-12-10T13:20:21-05:00December 12th, 2018|Infectious Diseases, Podcasts|

Check out this in-depth interview with the lead author on the recent New England Journal paper on the use of probiotics in gastroenteritis. David Schnadower was kind enough to sit down with me and James Gray, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow from Cincinnati Children's to talk about the study and its implications for the care of children with infectious gastroenteritis.

Pediatric Emergency Digest Volume 3

By Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd|2018-11-30T13:11:18-05:00December 4th, 2018|Pediatric Emergency Digest|

This edition of Pediatric Emergency Digest is chock full of learning on vomiting in children, pulmonary embolus (in grown ups), renal tubular acidosis and the use of high flow nasal cannula in bronchiolitis.

Absorbable versus nonabsorbable sutures (Re-post)

By Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd|2018-11-26T21:58:56-05:00November 27th, 2018|Procedures|

What suture should you use? Absorbable or nonabsorbable? Does it matter? Read on for more in this informative post.

Romaine calm! Some information about E. coli O157:H7

By Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd|2018-11-22T15:39:24-05:00November 23rd, 2018|Infectious Diseases|

The recent report of a multi-state outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 secondary to romaine lettuce may to to parental fears - specifically hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Fortunately the risk of transmission is low. But, just in case you have someone who is worried and seeking reassurance - or actually needs a work up I wanted to provide some information.