Ovarian Inguinal Hernia
Have you ever seen a condition or complaint so many times that you feel that there is no way it can surprise you? Yeah… me neither. I am positive every condition can humble us at one point or another. That…
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Nontraumatic AtlantoAxial Subluxation in Children
Children can have major conditions disguised as relatively minor problems. We often think of Inborn Errors of Metabolism presenting as innocuous vomiting or Late Onset GBS infection presenting as poor feeding. Obviously, conditions like these don’t remain innocuous for long…
Stress Dose Steroids
Caring for patients is extremely rewarding… but it can also be rather Stressful. There are many complex math problems to solve and risk-benefit ratios to balance. Even the seemingly elementary problems can mentally taxing, especially in children who are prone…
Thank you all!
Several years ago I gave a presentation that I concluded with the G.B. Stern quote, “Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anyone.” I used it because I thought it was clever. I thought it was a unique way to end…
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in Children
Keeping a broad differential list is imperative to our task of being medical detectives. Avoiding premature closure of that Ddx list is also imperative. Often, we proceed to evaluate a condition with the idea of eliminating the most concerning and/or…
Finger Fractures in Children
The hand and fingers are incredibly complex… and tremendously important to all of us (that opposable thumb is what helps us be classified alongside the other super cool primates like gorillas!). They also seem to be frequently involved in injuries.…
Patellar Sleeve Fracture
We know that one of the unique aspects of children that must be accounted for when evaluating kids is their anatomic differences compared to adults. Certainly major traumatic injuries bring these differences to mind the most (ex, Thoracic Trauma, Abdominal…