Probiotics don’t improve outcomes in children with acute gastroenteritis

By |2024-10-31T10:15:17-04:00October 31st, 2024|Infectious Diseases|

Acute gastroenteritis affects millions of children in the U.S. every year, leading to emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Probiotics, particularly Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG), have been commonly used as a treatment, but evidence supporting their effectiveness has been limited. A new study conducted by the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) aimed to determine whether LGG could reduce the severity of gastroenteritis in children. The trial found that LGG did not significantly improve outcomes compared to placebo.

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Accept no imitators! Listen to this great podcast episode on syphilis

By |2024-07-07T19:38:54-04:00July 10th, 2024|Adolescent Medicine, Infectious Diseases|

Syphilis has gone by many nicknames over the years including "The Great Pretender" and "The Great Imitator." Emily Labudde, MD, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellow at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and recent pediatric residency graduate from Cincinnati Children’s discusses the various manifestations of this sexually [...]

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 3: The Only Thing We Have to Fear

By |2023-10-12T13:03:25-04:00October 18th, 2023|Dermatology, Infectious Diseases, PEMPix|

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. This year, in addition to the 10 finalists Maneesha Agarwal will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition we will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference. This is the third of the four cases.

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A video on talking to parents about comprehensive respiratory viral panels

By |2023-09-20T14:37:52-04:00September 29th, 2023|Choosing Wisely, Infectious Diseases|

Did you know that there are comprehensive respiratory viral panels that will test for dozens of viruses all at once? Did you know that these tests are very expensive, and that they rarely alter management? Did you know that Choosing Wisely recommends that we do not routinely obtain them for respiratory viral illnesses? Of course you did, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't watch this entertaining video that I made with Dr. Tanner Heckle, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow from Cincinnati Children's which depicts a conversation between a provider and a parent of a child with a respiratory infection.

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