On a sunny mid-afternoon day, a 31 year old male presents to the ED after falling down a flight of steps and complaining of LE weakness. Exam significant for LE strength 4/5 proximally and 5/5 distally. Pt had a carbohydrate…
Rhythm Nation June 2015
Case of the Month 12: Answer
Congrats to Sasi for winning this month’s CotM! Mona had the correct diagnosis in her differential but Sasi’s thorough explanation highlighted a lot of the important considerations we have to have when dealing with pediatric torticollis. In summary: 7 y/o…
Bedside Teaching
Bedside Teaching Bedside teaching is a concept and skill I feel is spoken about a lot these days but is not as prominent in medical education as it once was. William Osler, considered the Father of Modern medicine, was a…
Let’s pretend that an imaginary patient comes into your pediatric ED…
A 14 year old girl is carried in by her parents after “passing out” at home. The parents report that she had an abortion 2 weeks ago after which she was transfused multiple units of blood. They report she has…
Avalanche!
This month we discussed a great review on the resuscitation of avalanche victims given by Dr. Rolston-Cregler. If you want to read that paper in its entirety, please click this link: AVALANCHE RESUS GUIDELINES Louis was also kind enough to put together…
Case of the Month 12: Presentation
Ok ladies and gents, here is the final CotM for this academic year, why not marinate on a peds case. You are working in the peds emergency department when an ortho resident brings in a patient from his clinic for you to…