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Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome in Children

Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome in Children

Just when you think you have a handle on patient complaints and have a refined working differential diagnosis list for each complaint, a patient comes to teach you something new… and humbles you. Fortunately, I live in a general state…

Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Children

We have previously discussed how saying “It’s JUST a virus,” is not comforting to families and may undermine your credibility. For one, this phrase minimizes the family’s concern… and secondly, viruses can be quite problematic (ex, Influenza, Varicella, HSV, Reye’s…

Hot Tub and Pool Folliculitis

Hot Tub and Pool Folliculitis

Who doesn’t love a swimming pool or hot tub? They practically equate to fun and relaxation! Well… unless you are an Emergency Medicine clinician… in which case you naturally see hazards everywhere (it is one of our super powers). While…

Pediatric Facial Fractures & Age

Facial Fractures in Children

Often clinicians shy away from caring for children, because of the notion that “they aren’t little adults.” We have previously discussed my disdain for this mantra. They are not aliens! They do, however, have different anatomy and physiology that must…

High Altitude Illness

High Altitude Illness and Pediatrics

In Charlotte, it has been unseasonably HOT and many of us have been considering escaping to the mountains. Maybe not exactly the way these people have, but at least something to help our families cool off. This lead Dr. Cathy…

Airbag Injury and Children

Airbag Injuries and Children

Motor vehicle crashes injure and kill many people each year and children are particularly at risk. While evaluating traumatized children leads us to considering many potential severe injuries (ex, Major Brain Injury, Cervical Spine Injury, Pneumothorax, Aortic Injury, Abdominal Injury),…

Ingested Lead Foreign Bodies: Not a Typical FB

Lead Weight and Bullet Ingestion

Foreign Bodies (FBs) are so commonly encountered in the Peds ED, sometimes it seems like they are not so “foreign.” FBs end up everywhere we look: in the Nose, Ear, Skin, Esophagus and Airway! Often they are relatively “easy” to…