This episode reviews the diagnosis and management in practical manner that should help you on your next shift. It also features the talents of Kriti Gupta, MD, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellow from NewYork Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital who is both the producer and host of this episode.
Your time is valuable and so is mine. That's why I'm sharing brief, focused podcast episodes that will hone in on a single problem. This time, it's ovarian torsion. Learn about the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of this can't miss surgical condition.
This episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast focuses on high-powered magnet ingestions in children and was a collaboration with Elizabeth Curtis - @egcurtismd and Libby Ireson - @LibbyIreson, two Categorical Pediatrics Residents at Cincinnati Children's who served as producers and guest hosts. This episode is equal parts clinical advice and advocacy in action and will help you discuss these potentially dangerous magnets with families and manage a child in case they swallow one.
Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis results from progressive thickening of the pyloric muscle, which leads to gastric outlet obstruction and vomiting in newborns. It is a can't miss diagnosis and one of the most common surgical problems in newborns. Learn more about the diagnosis and management in [...]
This post is an excellent overview of consideration when encountering patients with abdominal pain and urges you to think systematically beyond the basics. It is a companion to an EmergiQuiz presentation at the 2019 AAP National Conference and Exhibition.
This is the third of three online PEMPix cases, and it comes from Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship graduate Jessica Barnes.
What to do when a fussy baby has a bulge in the groin? You know what it is right? What if that baby is a girl? Check out this PEMPix Classic case and learn about a can't miss diagnosis in the fussy infant.
I've only seen this a few times, but each case presented with a very ill child with an acute obstruction. Check out the linked post from @PedEMMorsels / Sean Fox. feedproxy.google.com/~r/PedEMmorsels/~3/a9OjmqdaSrs/ Per Sean key X-ray findings reveal that the "cecum may be dilated and located [...]
This Starter Pack is all about acute appendicitis. I have a feeling that you will see this is the very near future in the ED.
Should we be prescribing antibiotics for all patients with dog bites? Just select ones? Read on for more in this entry of why we do what we do.