Medical Music Mondays: Whoop! 100 Days
Pertussis AKA whooping cough is on the rise due to declining vaccination rates. The initial catarrhal phase has mild symptoms but is super contagious. Then you cough like forever.
Whoop! There It Is: A Pertinent Pediatric Pertussis Podcast
This episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast discusses pertussis, or whooping cough, a persistent public health issue despite vaccinations. Key topics include its clinical stages, management strategies, and the importance of infection control and vaccination. It emphasizes the role of healthcare providers in diagnosing, managing, and educating about pertussis to mitigate outbreaks.
Medical Music Mondays: Constipation Nation
The Rome IV criteria are how you diagnose constipation. Also X-Rays don't help. And "The Red Hot Chili Poopers" would be a great name for a tribute band.
Medical Music Mondays: Hip Pain Blues
The Kocher criteria can help you rule out a septic hip. Transient Synovitis is a much better diagnosis. It used to be called Toxic Synovitis, but that name was too scary so it got changed.
A fabulous virtual education session on delivering and receiving feedback from the AAP Section on Emergency Medicine
I am excited to share the recording of the AAP Section on Emergency Medicine Fall Virtual Education Session, originally held on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 focused on delivering timely and actionable feedback, along with strategies to develop and implement sustainable feedback programs.
Medical Music Mondays: Shiny Happy Virus
You don't need to send comprehensive viral tests in the majority of children with cough and congestion. Just make a clinical diagnosis dang it!
Medical Music Mondays: Palpable Olive Season
Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is such a down home diagnosis. You bring your baby home and then their weight goes down. Also the ultrasound measurements are a muscle wall greater than 3mm thick and a channel length greater than 14mm. 3 and 14 - 3.14, pi. Get it? Did you read this far?
Medical Music Mondays: Bleeding Tonsil Funk
Night terrors are super scary. And the kid doesn't even remember them! They're more like sleep walking than nightmares and parents are often worried that it's a seizure or something more serious.
Probiotics don’t improve outcomes in children with acute gastroenteritis
Acute gastroenteritis affects millions of children in the U.S. every year, leading to emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Probiotics, particularly Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG), have been commonly used as a treatment, but evidence supporting their effectiveness has been limited. A new study conducted by the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) aimed to determine whether LGG could reduce the severity of gastroenteritis in children. The trial found that LGG did not significantly improve outcomes compared to placebo.
Medical Music Mondays: Terror of the Night
Night terrors are super scary. And the kid doesn't even remember them! They're more like sleep walking than nightmares and parents are often worried that it's a seizure or something more serious.