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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Penetrating Neck Injuries – PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast

Penetrating neck injuries in children are rare—but when they happen, the stakes are high. In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast, we explore the clinical pearls behind “no-zone” management, how to distinguish hard and soft signs, when to image versus operate, and why airway always comes first. Get ready for a focused, […]
  1. Penetrating Neck Injuries
  2. Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI
  3. Parvovirus B19 (Fifth Disease)
  4. The Unvaccinated Child with Fever
  5. Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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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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