Kids, certainly, love to get themselves into difficult scenarios. We’ve all seen funny photos of kids’ heads wedged between the spindles of a bannister. Occasionally, kids will present to the ED having placed themselves in unusual and unfortunate predicaments (certainly,…
On several occasions we have discussed significant gastrointestinal conditions that may present in the young child (Intussusception, Malrotation, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, and even Crohn’s Disease). These conditions may present with blood being noticed in the stool (Meckel’s Diverticulum would also come…
I have two beautiful children (yes, they look like their mother) and I will be the first to tell you that they are more apt to listen to anyone other then their parents. I am not sure where this phenomena…
We commonly are asked to evaluate patients with the complaint of sore throat. Many times our primary objective is to make sure that a peritonsillar abscess or a retropharyngeal abscess is not the cause. Occasionally there is posterior pharyngeal trauma…
We have discussed vomiting a lot (we just can’t get away from it sometimes!). We covered “simple” issues like emesis/diarrhea and therapies for dehydration. We have also covered more ominous conditions like intussusception, necrotizing enterocolitis, and Inborn Errors of Metabolism. All…
Pediatric cardiac issues can make even the most experienced EM MD have axillary perspiration more than normal. We have covered many cardiac entities in the Morsels (Hypercyanotic Spells, Heart Failure, HTN, Coaractation, Fontan Complications, PGE1, Syncope, and Kawasaki Disease)…
There has been a lot of focus on the appropriate evaluation of pediatric MINOR head injury (we’ve even covered the 3 month old caveat and concussions); however, let us not forget that MAJOR head injury is a serious public health…