Medical Music Mondays: At Your Throat Like Strep
If the Wu Tang clan produced a track about strep throat in children it might sought like this. Also ODB could be "Oropharyngeal Disease Bacteria."
Morning Report on Febrile Seizures
Recently, I had the opportunity to present a morning report to the residents and medical students at Cincinnati Children’s, focusing on the topic of febrile seizures. The session was highly engaging, with a lot of interest from the audience, as febrile seizures are a common but often frightening experience for families. The slides are attached and are free for you to use and share.
Medical Music Mondays: Time is Testicle
Time is testicle! Acute scrotal pain must be evaluated promptly in the ED. You'll see swelling, extreme pain, sidling testis, and absent cremaster reflex. You've got 4 to 6 hours at most to get the patient to surgery. Time is testicle! Also yacht rock.
Medical Music Mondays: Dogmentin
Dog bites are unfortunately common in the Emergency Department. Remembering which ones to suture for cosmetic concerns while assuring we reduce the risk of infections is important. Also, most should get antibiotics. Which one? Dogmentin! (It's a portmanteau of Dog and Augmentin)...
Medical Music Mondays: Stones Ahead
Alt rock is now classic rock? oh well, this is a kidney stone song.
Fracture Fridays: Monkey Bars and Elbow Scars
Supracondylar fractures of the humerus occur after a fall onto an outstretched hand in children. Learn about the classification and management in this "Fracture Fridays" post.
Medical Music Mondays: A Fallopian Twist of Fate
Ovarian Torsion causes lots of pain and vomiting. If you want to get a transabdominal ultrasound you need a full bladder. Also Motown is cool.
Accept no imitators! Listen to this great podcast episode on syphilis
Syphilis has gone by many nicknames over the years including "The Great Pretender" and "The Great Imitator." Emily Labudde, MD, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellow at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and recent pediatric residency graduate from Cincinnati Children’s discusses the various manifestations of this sexually [...]
Medical Music Mondays: Seize the Moment
Dude! If you could remember the rockin' drug sequence to for anti epileptics in the Emergency Department that would be totally awesome! Wait, there's a hair metal song with lyrics to that effect? Rad!
Medical Music Mondays: So Hot! (The Heat Stroke Song)
Heat Stroke is a serious medical diagnosis that can be differentiated from other forms of heat illness. If only there were a calypso song to teach you the main findings...