This is the first PEMPix case in the 2020 competition. It was submitted by Blake Gruenberg, MD, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow from Vanderbilt, and features a young man with red urine, a subtle rash, and a whole lot more going on.
This is the official schedule for the premiere dates of the ten 2020 PEMPix cases.
I have partnered with Suzan Mazor, MD, the Toxicology Medical Director at Seattle Children's to deliver season one of our Toxicology focused podcast series. Tox Tuesdays will include brief, focused, high yield yield information that will help you manage children who are intentionally - and unintentionally - exposed to medications and environmental poisons.
Yeah, so I won't be presenting PEMPix live at the AAP National Conference and Exhibition. Here's the plan for this year's online version...
You can't miss the Seymour Fracture - a combo of displaced physeal fracture ands nailed laceration that can have significant complications if not diagnosed and managed appropriately.
Avulsion fractures of the tibial tuberosity are super painful - learn more about them in this edition of Fracture Fridays.
Impetigo is super common, and presents in many forms - regular, bulls, and ecthyma. Learn how to diagnose and treat in this PEMBlog Brief.
Does mastoiditis always present with the classic triad of swelling behind the ear, otalgia, and protrusion of the auricle? Do you need to get a CT to make the diagnosis? What is the exact relationship with acute otitis media? Can swimmer's ear turn into mastoiditis? These questions and more are why I recorded his episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast.
July 1st is kind of an "unofficial" hospital in the medical world isn't it? Especially with everything going on in the world right now I wanted to deliver an encouraging message to all of you.
This is the first post in the Pro Tips series. These are posts, focused on practical ways to help us all do our jobs a little bit better. So, let's look at how we answer the phone in the hospital.
