Huffing Hydrocarbons: Inhalant Abuse
Substance abuse is not only an adult patient problem. Alcohol and illegal drug abuse, unfortunately, also afflicts our pediatric population too....
Category: Critical Care
Pleural Effusion and ReExpansion Pulmonary Edema
Respiratory Distress is a common emergent complaint encountered when caring for children. Whether it is Out of Control Asthma or Pneumonia, or Severe Croup...
Hypothyroidism and Myxedema Coma
When managing critically ill adults or even adults with “odd complaints,” we often think of the thyroid gland and its potential...
Duodenal Hematoma
Abdominal trauma in children should garner an appropriate amount of respect and concern. The child’s abdominal wall, unfortunately, is not as...
Laryngeal Fracture
Few things are more synonymous with pediatric emergency care than “throat pain” and “trauma.” If you are seeing children in the...
Renal Trauma
Seeing blood in a child’s urine will catch a parent’s attention. We’ve discussed several causes of blood in the urine (ex,...
Facial Hemangioma
The skin is the largest organ, yet we often undervalue its importance. Ok, maybe it is just me being less than...
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