This post endeavors to answer some key questions that we face in the Emergency Department when it comes to caring for adolescents with sexual and reproductive health concerns. It was inspired by a recent publication from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Adolescent Sexual Health Working Group.
know that some of you don’t use Twitter, but there is some good stuff on there. This tweet thread from Mark Toshner, a University of Cambridge Pulmonary Vascular Physician summarizes the vaccine effort and might be a useful way to contextualize the effort for your hesitant friends and family members.
Even though we won't be "clearing" patients in the ED we still need to be familiar with return to sports recommendations for children and adolescents who have had COVID-19. Remember, these are just recommendations and are based off of practice patterns at many centers and on the AAP guideline. Consult with your local hospital and Cardiology groups for up to date information. The information in this episode is intended for any young person (21 and under) who tests positive for COVID-19 and wants to return to sports. It is structured based on the severity of initial presenting symptoms.
Seriously? Like, where are all of the influenza cases this winter? In this post I'll share some information on why we suspect that we won't be seeing as much flu as initially expected.
Did you know that the dose for uncomplicated gonorrhea is 500mg IM? Well, now you do.
One could argue whether or not children should actually be playing sports in the first place during a COVID surge - if they are parents will inevitably ask about return to sports for positive diagnoses. Learn more about a staged, severity based schema to return children to sports following a positive COVID-1 test.
Impetigo is super common, and presents in many forms - regular, bulls, and ecthyma. Learn how to diagnose and treat in this PEMBlog Brief.
Does mastoiditis always present with the classic triad of swelling behind the ear, otalgia, and protrusion of the auricle? Do you need to get a CT to make the diagnosis? What is the exact relationship with acute otitis media? Can swimmer's ear turn into mastoiditis? These questions and more are why I recorded his episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast.
This episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine podcast focuses on dealing with delirium and is part of a collaboration with the POPCoRN Network.
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) is an evolving clinical entity that is occurring, possibly in association with or following a COVID-19 infection. This episode of PEM Currents expands upon a recent PEMBlog post, as well as includes information from two studies published in The LANCET as well as included in a recent CDC webinar. This episode also provides recommendations on lab workup and the evolving criteria for diagnosis and the current case definition from the CDC.