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…
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…
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…
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;…
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…
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…
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…