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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Mycoplasma pneumoniae – PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast

In this episode we dive into the resurgence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae—an atypical bacterial cause of community-acquired pneumonia that’s making waves in pediatric emergency medicine. We’ll cover its clinical presentation, epidemiology, diagnostic approach, and management, including why standard beta-lactam antibiotics won’t work. Plus, we’ll discuss whether M. pneumoniae even needs to be treated in the first place! Learning Objectives […]
  1. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
  2. Inhalant Misuse: From Glue to Galaxy Gas
  3. ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (in the Pediatric Emergency Department)
  4. Pertussis
  5. Gastroesophegeal Reflux and Gastritis

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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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