Malrotation
A common theme of each week’s Ped EM Morsels seems to center around how difficult our jobs can be. I don’t want you to think that I am trying to accentuate a defeatist’s attitude, but rather highlight how the…
Sean M. Fox
Pediatric Obesity – just when you thought your job was difficult enough…
We all realize that obesity plays a tremendous role in the health of adults (associated with more comorbidities, more complications, and makes management more difficult). Unfortunately, this reality is becoming more prevalent on the pediatric side of the ED…
Gradenigo’s Syndrome and Otitis Media
We have discussed how exciting the management of otitis media can be already (see Acute Otitis Media and AOM and Cochlear Implants). I know, continuing to overwhelm you with AOM information will not likely increase your viewership of the website;…
Oropharyngeal Trauma
That Popsicle stick is such a pain in the neck! How many times do I have to yell at my kids for jumping around with sticks in their mouths? Seriously… playing basketball with a lollipop in your mouth isn’t…
“Happy New Year — Now don’t hurt yourself!”
As the life cycle of another year begins again, we prepare to reflect on the past and celebrate the future… and those of us working in the emergency departments prepare ourselves for the results of exuberance. Certainly alcohol-related injuries will…
Pierre Robin Sequence
Children with respiratory distress can make even the most confident physician wish that the shift had ended a little sooner. Children with airway anomalies will make that already tight sphincter tone rise to epic levels. One of the most…
Pediatric Pulmonary Contusion
Regardless of where you work, you will see injured children. Unintentional injuries far exceed all other causes of Mortality in the pediatric population. Certainly the #1 cause of death after blunt trauma in pediatric patients is Head Injury… but did…