Medical Music Mondays: A Fallopian Twist of Fate
Ovarian Torsion causes lots of pain and vomiting. If you want to get a transabdominal ultrasound you need a full bladder. Also Motown is cool.
PEMPix 2023 Online Case 1: A House Divided
PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. This year, in addition to the 10 finalists Maneesha Agarwal will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition we will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference. This is the first of the four cases.
Briefs: Neonatal Mastitis
Neonatal mastitis is a rare, but potentially dangerous infection in newborns. Learn more about the workup and treatment in this PEMBlog Brief.
Briefs: Vulvovaginitis in the prepubertal child
This post reviews the diagnosis and management of nonspecific vulvovaginitis in prepubertal girls.
Assessment and management of heavy menstrual bleeding
Heavy menstrual bleeding is common among adolescents. This post details how to work patients up, assess severity, and begin treatment.
Podcast Briefs: Ovarian Torsion
Your time is valuable and so is mine. That's why I'm sharing brief, focused podcast episodes that will hone in on a single problem. This time, it's ovarian torsion. Learn about the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of this can't miss surgical condition.
PEMPix Classic: Bubble trouble
This edition of PEMPix Classic features a young lady with urinary retention and a strong protruding mass. There's also a cool ultrasound.
Pediatric Emergency Digest Volume 6
This edition of Pediatric Emergency Digest, from the fellows in Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's focuses on cognitive bias, UTI testing and whether or not pelvic exams are helpful.
Treatment of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
You should have a low threshold to treat PID. This post focuses on what do do once you've made the diagnosis.
Podcast on hemorrhagic ovarian cysts
Check out the latest episode of PEM Currents the Pediatric Emergency Medicine podcast where I talk about hemorrhagic (AKA ruptured) ovarian cysts. I delve into diagnosis and management and suggest strategies for obtaining a diagnostic ultrasound.