Should we be using a two step process (bag then cath) for assessing febrile infants at risk for UTI? Read on for more in this illuminating post from a senior resident at Cincinnati Children's.
Should we think twice about discharging tachycardic children home from the ED? Check out this article from Annals of Emergency Medicine to see what one study tells us.
Tim Horeczko over at the excellent Pediatric Emergency Medicine Playbook just posted his latest monthly review (including podcast) - this time on urinary tract infections.
RNA biosignatures are coming! This new application of gene analyzing techniques may help us identify which infants are most at risk for serious bacterial infections, especially those under 60 days. Plus, the gene array pictures are pretty.
The 9th article has been well-discussed this year and is potentially a game-changer for the management of the febrile neonate. It is worth a read for anyone who care for this population in the ED.
Choosy kids choosing dilute apple juice instead of specially formulated electrolyte solutions in gastroenteritis? Surely the electrolyte solutions are superior? Right?
Paper #3 from the 2016 AAP Section on Emergency Medicine Top 10 papers is a randomized controlled trial on dopamine versus epinephrine.
These are the slides from a presentation I gave on October 28th, 2016 to the residents at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. It reviews some general pearls on fever and febrile illnesses before segueing to fever in neonates, fever in 3-36 months, and fever of unknown origin in older children.
Incision and drainage is always the best treatment for an uncomplicated skin abscess. Antibiotics - not necessarily. Read on for more in this edition of Briefs.
A podcast about rabies? Why not! You'll learn how to administer post-exposure prophylaxis and more on this edition of PEM Currents.