This is Season 2 of the Toxicology podcast series that Seattle Childrens’ Toxicologist Suzan Mazor, MD and I put together. This three episode season turns its focus to drugs of abuse – beginning with this episode on opioid toxicity. So, slow your breathing, constrict your pupils, and focus in for the return of #ToxTuesdays.

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Parvovirus B19 (Fifth Disease) – PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast

In this episode, we tackle the clinical mischief of Parvovirus B19, a common viral infection with a surprisingly wide range of manifestations—from the classic “slapped cheek” rash of erythema infectiosum to aplastic crises in children with hemolytic anemias and fetal hydrops in pregnant contacts. We’ll break down the virology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, and complications of Parvovirus […]
  1. Parvovirus B19 (Fifth Disease)
  2. The Unvaccinated Child with Fever
  3. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
  4. Inhalant Misuse: From Glue to Galaxy Gas
  5. ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (in the Pediatric Emergency Department)

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References

Allen, et al. Prescription Opioid Exposures Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, PEDIATRICS, 2017.

Boyer, Management of Opioid Analgesic Overdose, NEJM, 2012.

Forti, Opiate Overdose, Pediatrics in Review January 2007, 28 (1) 35-36; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.28-1-35.

Matson et al. Opioid Use in Children, J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Jan-Feb; 24(1): 72–75.

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