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.
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.
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: Bacterial Meningitis Score
The Summer Reading List brings you great articles in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. First up the Bacterial Meningitis Score from Nigrovic et al.
Gastroenteritis Starter Pack
This Starter Pack focuses on gastroenteritis in the ED. Learn about assessing the degree of dehydration, a strategy for giving IV fluids and lots of stuff about ondansetron.
Why we do what we do: Antibiotics for dog bites
We often prescribe prophylactic antibiotics for dog bites. Is there evidence to support this practice?
From the Archives: Spring Break Edition
Yes, I'm on Spring Break this week. So, no "new" content. But what if you haven't dove into the PEMBlog Archives? Check out a few of my educational series posts here.
Lemierre’s syndrome
There has been a rise in the incidence of Lemierre's Syndrome, a diagnosis that presents with a history of pharyngitis followed by neck pain and eventually septicemia from infectious thromboemboli from the jugular veins. Learn more about it here.
The Febrile Infant – University of Cincinnati Emergency Medicine Collaboration
In conjunction with Taming The SRU and the University of Cincinnati Department of Emergency Medicine’s Annals of B Pod I am proud to present this article on the febrile infant.
A podcast on strep pharyngitis? Sure!
This may be a bit hard to swallow, but not every disease process in the Emergency Department is exciting. Streptococcal pharyngitis is an incredibly common condition, especially in the Pediatric Emergency Department and I wanted to take this opportunity to answer some common questions. Who [...]