A child spewing bright red blood across the room will likely grab your attention, and potentially ruin your day. Fortunately, it is a rare event, but it is the life-threatening rare event that we must remain vigilant for! The post-tonsillectomy…
Dermatologic eruptions (AKA rashes) exist on such an interesting spectrum – from unexciting to emergent. We’ve previously discussed my general approach to rashes (and occasional disdain for them). We have also reviewed our need to maintain vigilance for the potential…
The worlds of Pediatrics and Toxicology often intersect, unfortunately. From very early on in my career I learned the significance of Poison Control access [1(800)222-1222]. We have discussed some important toxic exposures previously (ex, Laundry Pods, Lead Toxicity, Special Foreign…
Obviously diarrheal illness can be quite debilitating and even devastating in children. Often the main concern is Dehydration and that focusing on Oral Rehydration Therapy many of these children will do just fine. While most often the diarrhea is due to…
Infectious diseases are commonly considered when dealing with pediatric patients. We have covered topics in this realm numerous times (I believe that this would be the 64th Morsel in the ID category). One of the more prevalent considerations is pediatric…
We have discussed many commonly encountered issues throughout the Ped EM Morsels, but many of us stay interested in our jobs because of the significant vastness of topics that we encounter. When the child’s foster mother told me that she…
We have recently discussed how neonatal seizures are often very subtle and, unfortunately, commonly related to significant pathology (infection, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopahty, intracranial hemorrhage, hypoglycemia, inborn errors of metabolism, etc). Once we determine that we are dealing with a seizure, we…