Croup
We all enjoy treating “fixable” problems. If you can couple that with simple diagnosis and the ability to bill Critical Care time (ok, perhaps that last criteria is a bit too jaded for our newest of residents), then you have…
Category Critical Care
Hypercyanotic Spells
We are all familiar with Tetralogy of Fallot, primarily because it is a great topic for test writers to torture us with questions about. One of the cool things about pediatric cardiology is that it really makes you consider…
Hydration and Status Asthmaticus
We are all proficient at the management of asthma exacerbations. Regardless of the season, there are always innumerable triggers of reactive airway disease and, hence, we have become very adept at its management. Certainly, though, it can still generate significant…
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Pediatric EM can be quite difficult. We have discussed how it requires vigilance to see through the mountains of patients presenting with vomiting due to gastroenteritis to find the one kid with an inborn error of metabolism. Additionally, the super…
Complicated Pneumonia – Parapneumonic Effusion
Back on November 12, 2010 we discussed Community Acquired Pneumonia, and naturally, we are all masters at its management now (PS, I greatly appreciate those of you who have been actually reading these weekly since 2010). But, on occasion,…
Childhood Injury – Still the leading cause of Mortality!
We are all keenly aware that accidental injuries are the most significant cause of childhood mortality. It is this fact that keeps us all busy in our clinical settings… and is also what frightens us parents of children the…
Cervical Spine Injury and Submersion Injuries
I’m not sure if you have noticed, but the weather is starting to get a little warm. It almost makes you want to go swimming… and that brings to mind the second leading cause of accidental deaths in pediatric…