It’s a busy weekday shift in the Peds ED on Jolly Roger Island. A captain brings in his 11 day old newborn scallywag, concerned about her left eye being ‘swollen, crusty, and oozing pus.’ He notes that she cries anytime he…
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Limping, continued… By Nishit Patel MD
Wednesday Wrap-up: 12/3/2014
Wednesday Wrap-up: 8/6/2014
SOME THOUGHTS ON MIGRAINES FROM FLORIDA… By Sarah Melendez
Greetings everyone from sunny Florida! As you all know, I’m finishing up my 1st year of my peds EM fellowship and I just couldn’t stay away from County so I wanted to write a short blog article. I figured we…
Morning Report: 6/25/2013
Thanks to Dr. Desmond for today’s Morning Report! Pediatric Thoracic Trauma Thoracic trauma in children is relatively uncommon. Usually from high force injuries such as falls or motor vehicle accidents (75%) and is usually blunt. When in isolation, mortality…
Peds In A Pod: My Child Fell & Hit His Head, HELP!
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Children You’re working in the peds ED and the weather outside is just starting to get warmer. Your first patient of the day is a young 2 yo girl with no PMH as per the…
Wednesday Wrap-up: 1/16/2013
For those of you who could make it, we had a great Grand Rounds presentation by Dr. Prashant Mahajan from the Children’s Hospital of Michigan on the past, present, and future of evaluation of the febrile child. I will keep…