Reducing a dislocated patella is super satisfying – both for the clinician and the patient. This episode reviews management of this common orthopedic concern so that you can perform a reduction maneuver without needing to call Orthopedics.

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The Unvaccinated Child with Fever – PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast

This episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast focuses on the approach to unvaccinated or undervaccinated children aged 3–36 months presenting to the ED with fever. Host Brad Sobolewski reviews differences in immune response, risk for serious and invasive bacterial infections, and outlines evaluation strategies including labs, imaging, and empiric antibiotics. He highlights data showing […]
  1. The Unvaccinated Child with Fever
  2. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
  3. Inhalant Misuse: From Glue to Galaxy Gas
  4. ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (in the Pediatric Emergency Department)
  5. Pertussis

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Jain NP,Khan N,Fithian DC, A treatment algorithm for primary patellar dislocations. Sports health. 2011 Mar;     [PubMed PMID: 23016004]