Eating Disorders
Most of us entered into the practice of medicine to “make a difference.” {Having read a lot of applicants’ personal statements, I know this to be true.} The realm of Pediatric Emergency Medicine often…
Sean M. Fox
Catecholaminergic Polymorphic VTach
Honestly, one of the best aspects of writing the Ped EM Morsels weekly is that I benefit from learning (or re-learning) something each week. This week is a great example of that phenomenon. We do not often have to care…
Von Willebrand Disease
Discussion of bleeding and bleeding disorders always garners attention. We have recently covered hemophilia, ITP, and hemorrhagic disease of the newborn, but let us turn our attention to the most prevalent bleeding disorder: Von Willebrand Disease. Certainly, making the diagnosis…
Sinusitis
The ART of medicine is much more difficult to learn than the science of medicine; however, it is through becoming comfortable with the “grey areas” that we often experience our greatest ability to help others. It is also what prevents…
Umbilical Granuloma
It is easy to fall into a potentially callous mindset in the Emergency Department – “If it isn’t an emergency, then it can wait to see the Primary.” While that may be a valid statement, it won’t win you any…
Delayed Diagnosis of Aspirated Foreign Body
We all know kids love to get objects stuck in areas where no foreign body should be. We have discussed this several times (the Nasal Foreign Body, the Ear Foreign Body, and the Ingested Foreign Body), but the Aspirated Foreign…
Ear Foreign Body
Without question, kids will put the oddest objects into their orifices… and then say that they don’t know how they got there. While this can lead to same comic relief to your otherwise stressful shift, managing a foreign body can…