2022 PEMPix case submissions are now being accepted!
The window for submitting cases to the 2022 PEMPix competition is now open! Go to PEMPix.com for all of the details.
Happy 15th Anniversary to my amazing wife!
This is it, the annual non-medical post where I post a little video that I threw together for our wedding anniversary.
Toxicology podcast season 3 concludes with an episode on iron ingestions
Iron ingestions always show up on standardized tests and are definitely one of those "many kids are fine but some aren't and it's hard to figure out who's fine and who isn't" ingestions. Suzan Mazor from Seattle Children's helps iron out the details...
Toxicology podcast season 3 continues with an episode on calcium channel blocker ingestions
Calcium channel blockers are hard to manage with refractory shock being one of my main "please don't let this come to the ED" nightmares. Seattle Children's Toxicologist Suzan Mazor breaks it all down and discusses management of this challenging ingestion.
Toxicology podcast season 3 begins with an episode on Bupropion
There are some scary ingestions out there and I think we'd all agree that bupropion (Wellbutrin) is on the short list of drugs that should make us worry. Learn how to recognize and manage toxicity, especially the neurogenic and cardiac effects of bupropion in the first episode of the third season of Toxicology podcasts from Suzan Mazor and I.
Fracture Fridays: Buckle Up!
What happens when kids jump of things and don't land smoothly? They break things. Sometimes those things are their arms. Learn more about a very common pediatric fracture in this edition of Fracture Fridays.
A podcast on using ultrasound to diagnose acute appendicitis
This episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine podcast is focused on the use of ultrasound to make the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. You'll learn about how a right lower quadrant ultrasound is performed, what we look for on the images, how to interpret [...]
Epistaxisode! a podcast on nosebleeds
You will see a child with a nosebleed in the ED. It is a mathematical certainty. Chances are it has already stopped. Even if it hasn’t you can stop it – and figure out why it happened – and provide reassurance and education to the patient and family. Yes, all of those things for one little bleeding nose… Listen to this podcast episode to learn stuff about epistaxis that will help you during an upcoming shift.
Loperamide abuse and misuse
The purpose of this post is to review the abuse of loperamide (Imodium), an over-the-counter, μ-opioid receptor agonist used as an antidiarrheal agent. Loperamide taken in supratherapeutic doses can lead to feelings of euphoria and/or to avoid symptoms of opioid withdrawal.
Briefs: Steroids for pharyngitis
Can giving a dose of a corticosteroid like dexamethasone improve pain in patents with pharyngitis? Let's take a look at the evidence.