Asking "What's the Group B Strep status?" Is one of those things that seeps into the lexicon of the pediatrician or Emergency Department provider. This post is a general overview of this important pathogen in newborns and infants.
This post endeavors to answer some key questions that we face in the Emergency Department when it comes to caring for adolescents with sexual and reproductive health concerns. It was inspired by a recent publication from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Adolescent Sexual Health Working Group.
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.
With the warm weather upon us here in the Northern Hemisphere it will soon be time for the pools to open. This episode is therefore incredibly timely, and focuses on the spectrum of submersion injuries and their management. Learn about drowning physiology, when to admit to the hospital, and how to assess the child who went under water unexpectedly but looks fine from this episode's special co-host and producer, Joe Finney, MD a PGY-5 Pediatric Emergency Medicine and EMS fellow from Washington University in Saint Louis, MO.
Submissions for the 2021 PEMPix Competition are now being accepted. Go to PEMPix.com to submit your case today!
This is the annual posting of my anniversary video - the only non-medical post of the year. Yet again my lack of preparation and organization has thwarted my well-intentioned efforts to get to Hallmark and buy an anniversary card for my wife. When will I learn? I keep having to fall back on these videos. I know that it's getting old by now... Anyway, sorry Kerri. Happy Anniversary. I hope this will suffice. There are some really great cards with haikus and pictures of flowers and birds on them that I had read about on the Hallmark message boards.
Greenstick fractures are incomplete long bone fractures that are seen in grade school age kids. Learn all about them in - Fracture Fridays: Snapped like a twig
Do you routinely pack all of your abscesses following incision and drainage? Have you ever considered whether or not you actually need to do this? Learn more in this procedure-focused post.
Early stylet removal is a technique that results in a greater success rate on lumbar punctures performed on infants.
know that some of you don’t use Twitter, but there is some good stuff on there. This tweet thread from Mark Toshner, a University of Cambridge Pulmonary Vascular Physician summarizes the vaccine effort and might be a useful way to contextualize the effort for your hesitant friends and family members.
