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.
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 knows, perhaps after listening to this edition of PEM Currents you too will start treating [...]
Should we be giving corticosteroids to children with community acquired pneumonia? The answer is not so simple, read on for more.
An elevated lactate level is associated with increased mortality in sepsis. Explore some of the evidence in this post.
You can reduce carriage rates of MRSA by using bactroban and a few select hygiene measures. These are effective in the short term - but the long term benefits are not well understood.
It's meningitis season! Here are a few quick hits on diagnosis courtesy of the good folks at TamingtheSRU.com
When I was first taught how to drain an abscess I was taught to pack most with ¼ inch gauze. Initially it was iodoform gauze, later just plain old ribbon gauze. As with many things I felt like it worked and had no impetus to change. Recently, I began to reconsider based on a review of the literature and experience at [...]
This excellent article comes courtesy of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center senior resident Landon Krantz, MD - who performed a thorough literature review and wrote a concise, informative review of the titular technique. Subcutaneous abscesses are a common presenting problem in pediatric emergency rooms, and incision and drainage remains the gold standard of treatment. A new technique that is picking [...]
This episode of PEM Currents tackles a bread and butter issue in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, the newborn with fever. I discuss management, specifically how it differs for babies under 28 days of age as well as when to get labs and how to interpret them. I also reference procalcitonin, and touch on its emerging role. Read more here. You can [...]
This is the first video in the ongoing Art of Medicine series common . The goal is these videos is to share a demonstration of how I would talk to parents about common conditions encountered in the Emergency Department. I could think of no better topic than mild to moderate croup without stridor at erst. In less than 4 minutes you [...]
