Category 2020 Morsels

Fat Embolism Syndrome in Children

Fat Embolism Syndrome in Children

Ok, so maybe Homer has the wrong idea about “Fat Embolism”… I think he should be more worried about a devastating Food Impaction… but, with the Holidays upon us and the prevalence of fatty foods surrounding, me I began to…

Vitamin C Deficiency and Scurvy in Children

Vitamin C Deficiency and Scurvy in Children

We are always on the lookout for the big, bad, and ugly causes of our patients’ complaints in the Emergency Department. Someone has epistaxis and we think about bleeding disorders. If a patient is limping, we know it may be…

Labial Adhesions and Topical Estrogen

Labial Adhesions in Preadolescents

While we often consider the Emergency Department as being present only for “major” problems, we all know that our services go well beyond the critically ill and majorly injured. Often those “minor” issues can occupy a lot of our shift…

Delivering Bad News in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Breaking Bad News

So it is Friday the 13th in the year 2020… and I awoke in a cold sweat concerned. Concerned about what you ask? (I mean it is still 2020, isn’t that enough to be concerned about on its own?) Concerned…

Tethered Cord in Children

Tethered Cord in Children

It seems that my patients teach me something new almost every clinical shift. Perhaps it is because I am getting older and have forgotten a lot. Maybe I have just seen more to ask questions about. I would like to…

Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose in Children

Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose in Children

One of the greatest challenges (and also most stimulating) aspects of our profession is staying current with the evolving literature and recommendations. Yes, it can be frustrating, but it is also rewarding to be in a career that will never…

Neutralize Button Battery in the Esophagus

Button Battery Ingestion Neutralization

Last week was a highly productive week for my educational enlightenment. I learned that not all Compartment Syndrome is Acute… it can be Chronic as well. I also learned that there is a cross over between the application of Honey…