Take a bite out of this podcast on rabies
A podcast about rabies? Why not! You'll learn how to administer post-exposure prophylaxis and more on this edition of PEM Currents.
Briefs: Rabies
Rabies is a very bad disease that is also very rare. Nevertheless issues of post-exposure prophylaxis will come up in the ED. Learn more in this PEMBlog Brief.
A podcast on bloody baby barf
Check out the latest episode of PEMCurrents, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine podcast.
Briefs: Dealing with acute agitation in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Take a look at this post to learn more about medical management of the agitated child and adolescent. Both oral and IM options are suggested.
Oral caffeine for post lumbar puncture headache
Can you give oral caffeine for a post lumbar puncture headache? Sure! It is cost effective and works.
Summer Reading List: Kocher Criteria
This article in the PEM Blog Summer Reading List is none other than the one that spawned the Kocher Criteria to differentiate septic hip from transient synovitis.
A brief educational video on SVT
As a follow up to the education session this past Friday from the Emergency Department rotation at Cincinnati Children's (and for the benefit of my readers on the inter webs) I wanted to share this brief didactic video on paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
Summer Reading List: Ipratropium in asthma exacerbations
The Summer Reading List brings you a randomized controlled trial on the use of ipratropium in asthma exacerbations.
Summer Reading List: UTI Practice Guideline in febrile children 2-24 months
The Summer Reading List brings you great articles in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Here is the UTI Clinical Practice Guideline for children 2-24 months with fever.
Summer Reading List: Identifying Low-Risk Children with Blunt Abdominal Injuries
This entry in the PEMBlog Summer Reading List is a seminal paper detailing a decision rule to evaluate children at low risk for serious injury in blunt abdominal trauma.
