I am delighted to bring you this special episode of PEM Currents, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine podcast. It's an interview with Theresa Frey and all about intranasal ketamine and its use for acute pain management in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
The third 2018 PEMPix online case is filled with great images in a very sick patient. It comes to us from Robert Stewart of LeBonheur Children's Hospital.
The second 2018 PEMPix Online Case comes form Laura Sartori, from Vanderbilt. It is a fascinating case with a plethora of wonderful images.
I am proud to bring you the first 2018 Online PEMPix Case submitted by Jason King, from Wayne State University. It is a child with wheezing and a curious chest X-Ray finding.
On behalf of the Fellows form the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s I am delighted to bring you a new series that will highlight what we are learning during our ongoing didactic conferences.
Pop goes the apophysis! In teenage athletes the apophyseal cartilage is the weak point along the pelvic rim. Learn about these common injuries in this edition of PEM Currents, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine podcast.
Acute Flaccid Myelitis is a rare but serious disease characterized by rapid onset of muscle weakness. Diagnosis also requires an MRI with lesions in multiple spinal levels or CSF pleocytosis. cases have been reported over the past several years and though a specific cause is unknown strains of enterovirus are suspected culprits.
Bed bugs are common, and may actually be the sole presenting compliant in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
Stop what you’re doing and read this fantastic post from don’t forget the bubbles. It details a large study that looks at bacterial co-infection rates in infants with viruses.
Shunt malfunctions and infections are both at the top of the list when it comes to Neurosurgical emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department. Check out the embedded pdf for a presentation I recently gave at Cincinnati Children's and the PEM Currents episode linked therein.