Medical Music Mondays: Bleeding Tonsil Funk
Night terrors are super scary. And the kid doesn't even remember them! They're more like sleep walking than nightmares and parents are often worried that it's a seizure or something more serious.
Medical Music Mondays: Terror of the Night
Night terrors are super scary. And the kid doesn't even remember them! They're more like sleep walking than nightmares and parents are often worried that it's a seizure or something more serious.
Medical Music Mondays: The Pinworm Shuffle
Pinworms! Ahhhhh! They itch at night and they're scary. Fortunately they are easy to treat and eradicate. They're still gross.
Medical Music Mondays: Lipase High!
Did you know that pancreatitis is mostly caused by viruses in kids? They don't drink alcohol or get gallstones like grown ups. Also, scorpion bites apparently cause it. But that's silly and only something you see in board review books. Anyway, this would be a better Broadway musical than most retreads of 1980s & 90s movies.
Medical Music Mondays: Factor First!
Children with Hemophilia who present to the ED need to get a dose of Factor First! Don't delay and give their home factor if they have it.
Medical Music Mondays: Fear the Reefer (Cannabis Hyperemesis)
Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome can make habitual smokers miserable! They will got some relief from hot showers - but many need fluids, ondansetron, topical capsaicin, and even Haldol.
Medical Music Mondays: HSP
What if the Fab Four from Liverpool sang about Henoch-Schönlein purpura - AKA IgA vasculitis. Wouldn't that be neat? Probably not. Anyway. Listen to this song, it's fun.
Medical Music Mondays: The World Has Turned And I’m Stuck Here
Acquired torticollis is a self limited spasm of the neck muscles - often he sternocleidomastoid - that responds well to ibuprofen, heat, and gentle massage and stretching exercises. I thought you'd appreciate the "wry" sense of humor in the album cover...
Medical Music Mondays: Dewdrops on a Rose Petal
Dewdrops on a rose petal describes the classic appearance of the lesions in varicella infections. Chicken pox is preventable by vaccines you know...
Medical Music Mondays: Blindsided
Concussions are nothing to mess around about - and sometimes you don't know you have one until a bit later. So a conservative plan involves resting until symptoms improve and following up with your doctor. No one knows if listening to "bro country" worsens symptoms.