PEMPix is an annual competition focused on medical images and videos held at the AAP National Conference and Exhibition. You submit the cases, and the audience tries to guess the correct diagnosis. This year it will be on September 16th in Chicago, IL. Submit your cases now!
This post focuses on labs in community acquired pneumonia. Learn about why blood culture is all you need and where future research may help us with diagnosis.
Part two in the community acquired pneumonia is all about imaging - mostly X-Rays.
This is part one of the PEMBlog series on community acquired pneumonia. It focuses on the clinical presentation.
Recently, President Donald Trump released his fiscal year 2018 budget proposal, which eliminated funding for the EMSC program. The American Academy of Pediatrics issued a statement opposing the overall budget proposal and today joined with several other organizations to speak out against the president's recommendation to defund EMSC. Read on for how you can help.
All that wheezes is not asthma. And vocal cord dysfunction is not wheezing. Learn more about how vocal cord dysfunction is mistaken for wheezing, and how to make the diagnosis in this episode of PEM Currents, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine podcast.
Learn how to reduce a dislocated patella! It's fun!
When a patient presents with nocturnal perianal pruritus suspect a Pinworm infestation. Learn more about diagnosis and treatment in this edition of PEMBlog Briefs.
Listen to this episode of PEM Currents, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine podcast and learn more about the management of elevated intracranial pressure.
This edition of Why We Do What We Do focuses on the use of hypertonic saline to treat elevated intracranial pressure in children.