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Tag: PEM
Peds In A Pod: Percutaneous Transtracheal Jet Ventilation
Hey everyone. It’s time for another peds blog. We were in a short hiatus but now we are back on. I figured that while we were in our procedure blog, we should cover a topic involving the little ones. And…
Morning Report: 11/29/2012
Thanks to Dr. Basile for today’s Morning Report! Pediatric Seizures: – Up to 6% of children have at least one seizure in their childhood – Variety of causes: toxic, metabolic, infectious, vascular, trauma, etc. Our role as…
Peds in a Pod: Myocarditis
Here’s another edition of Peds in a Pod courtesy of Dr. Melendez! It’s that time of the year when all of the kids go back to school and the peds ED fills up because germs are now being spread from…
Morning Report: 8/23/2012
Thank you Dr. Shin for today’s Morning Report! Pediatric Urethral Prolapse What is it? It is a protrusion of the distal urethra through the external meatus. Rarely diagnosed condition most common in prepubertal black females and post-menopausal white women.…
Peds in a Pod: C-spine Clearance
C-spine clearance….OH MY!!! So glad that Neil had that awesome image last week. It ties in well to this month’s blog. Let’s face it. As emergency physicians, clearing the C-spine on an injured adult seems like a daily…
Peds in a Pod: So What’s the Deal With Bronchiolitis?
HELP!!! This baby is wheezing We’ve all been there. That shift when a parent walks in with their 4 month old wheezing for the first time. It’s that time when it seems like every child has a URI and…
Peds in a Pod: Submersion
Splash!!! Welcome to the first entry of our monthly pediatric blog. Here we will talk about evidence based medicine and it’s clinical utility in the ER with our younger patients. Enjoy! Here’s a case to get…