*This one is not specifically, Pediatric related… but it is useful nonetheless!* I just finished a shift that I was simply happy to survive without causing any harm to anyone, including myself. At the end of the shift, I…
I’m not sure if you have noticed, but the weather is starting to get a little warm. It almost makes you want to go swimming… and that brings to mind the second leading cause of accidental deaths in pediatric…
Regardless of whether you work at a large tertiary center or a referring hospital, unfortunately, you will be faced with the pediatric sexual assault victim. Most of us, despite our training and clinical experience, are still very uncomfortable managing…
Last week I mentioned that, at times, you realize that what you were taught may have been … hmm… not fully correct. Recently a colleague raised a great question: in the infant (6 week old) who has a…
Have you recently heard anyone say the following statement: “Around 80% of conjunctivitis is due to viruses. We often treat them with antibiotics, but it is more so the kid can go back to daycare.” I certainly was taught…
Well, this “winter” in Charlotte has been delightful – temperatures in the 60’s, blue skies, and birds singing (literally). While this makes for fun times outside of the hospital, it seems to have spawned a never-ending stream of kids…
We have all dealt with patients presenting with headaches. They often cause some cephalgia in us as well. Certainly, in the adult ED chronic headaches are more common and the diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri more commonly considered. While it…