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 [...]
Should we be giving steroids to patients with community acquired pneumonia?
Should we be giving corticosteroids to children with community acquired pneumonia? The answer is not so simple, read on for more.
Briefs: Lactate in Sepsis
An elevated lactate level is associated with increased mortality in sepsis. Explore some of the evidence in this post.