This is a blog post and a podcast episode designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely, an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, [...]
Sleep apnea in children is associated with adverse neurodevelopmental and cardiovascular outcomes. This brief post reviews treatments in children.
We are running critically low on the bottles of albuterol that are used to compound continuous treatments. There is not a shortage of metered dose inhalers and nebules. Here's how you should adjust your treatment plans in lieu of this information.
Patients with severe asthma exacerbations will get the proverbial "kitchen sink" thrown at them when it comes to treatment. First of all, that old idiomatic statement posits asthma treatment as a battle, which it shouldn't be. But you should be armed with a solid understanding of the evidence behind the treatments that we use when treating patients with this potentially fatal disease.
Pulmonary emboli happen in kids too - but for those of you tasked with caring for adults during the COVID-19 pandemic (and beyond) I bring you this podcast episode in collaboration with the POPCoRN Network on PE diagnosis and management.
High flow nasal cannula may help infants with bronchiolitis from getting worse. It also might not. What's clear is that the literature has not sufficiently answered all of our questions. There's a lot more that we could stand to learn about this popular therapy.
This post gives some recommendations on what to do if you suspect vaping associated lung injury
Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis in children is definitely a real thing. But should we be making this diagnosis on normal children in the Emergency Department?
Heliox is readily available but the evidence just isn't quite there for asthma, bronchiolitis or croup. Special thanks to Theresa Frey from the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's for her help wth this post.
This collection of posts is all about asthma - which I suspect you'll see in the ED at least a few times during your career.