Check out this great review of pediatric UTIs from the PEM Playbook
Tim Horeczko over at the excellent Pediatric Emergency Medicine Playbook just posted his latest monthly review (including podcast) - this time on urinary tract infections.
AAP Top 10 2016 #10: RNA biosignatures and SBI
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.
AAP Top 10 2016 #9: Step-by-step
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.
AAP Top 10 2016 #7: Apple juice versus electrolyte solution in gastroenteritis
Choosy kids choosing dilute apple juice instead of specially formulated electrolyte solutions in gastroenteritis? Surely the electrolyte solutions are superior? Right?
AAP 2016 Top 10 #3: Dopamine versus Epinephrine
Paper #3 from the 2016 AAP Section on Emergency Medicine Top 10 papers is a randomized controlled trial on dopamine versus epinephrine.
A presentation on fever
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.
Briefs: Do we need antibiotics after I&D of a cutaneous abscess? (Re-post)
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.
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.
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.