This edition of The Reading Room is all about airway films. Drs. Kopp (Emergency Medicine) and Hasweh (Radiology) shared these cases at a recent conference in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children's. Case 1 The first case is a 2 year old healthy immunized male with stridor at rest and a barky cough. He is tachypneic, and very obviously [...]
Pediatric fracture interpretation revolves around the Salter-Harris Classification System. Ultimately, the five subtypes have important implications for management and healing. Learn all about them in this edition of The Reading Room, a new Radiology focused series on PEMBlog.
In order to get the best possible ultrasound you'll want to have your patient ready, either with an empty stomach or a full bladder.
Though the PEMPix presentation is scheduled for Saturday 9/16/17 at the AAP NCE in Chicago there were so many great cases this year that I decided to share three of them online prior to the conference. This is the second case "Big Circle." All three cases will also be available at PEMPix.com.
Here are some thoughts on the utility of facial X-Rays and a link to a good review.
The 4th article in the AAP NCE top 10 of 2016 is a secondary analysis of that PECAN TBI paper everyone has been talking about.
Go ahead and diagnose constipation based on your history and physical exam. Don't order an X-Ray if you don't need one. Read on for more in this PEMBlog exposé.
Children with closed head injury who are reported as acting abnormally by their guardian, with no other concerning findings are low risk for clinically important TBI.
If you recall from my previous post we were considering when to get a head CT on a pediatric patient with a closed head injury, and specifically how to approach this with the family. In general I find that its best to be honest and discuss the criteria outlined in the Kuppermann article (you know the one). It investigated risk of [...]
I ended up seeing three patients, all of whom presented by smacking their heads on hard surfaces. I've changed their names and ages to protect the innocent, and to avoid the wrath of Hungry Hungry HIPAA. 10 year old after a bike accident The first patient was a school aged male whose bike failed him, and whose helmet was hanging [...]
