PEMPix 2022 Online Case 02: The Matterhorn

By |2022-09-28T11:39:58-04:00October 4th, 2022|Oncology, Otolaryngology, 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 I will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition I will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference. This is the second of the four cases. See if you can conquer all four "mountains" and guess the correct diagnosis.

Podcast Briefs: Neutropenic Enterocolitis

By |2022-09-28T09:49:25-04:00September 28th, 2022|Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Podcasts, Surgery|

Bad things happen when you don't have enough neutrophils. After getting cytotoxic chemotherapy you tend to have even fewer neutrophils. This can put you at risk for neutropenic enterocolitis which should be suspected in an immunocompromised child with fever and abdominal symptoms. Treatment is broad spectrum antibiotics and the imaging test of choice is CT with contrast. Learn all about this potentially catastrophic condition in this brief podcast episode.

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