Wilms’ Tumor
Despite being able to ignore many odd occurrences in the house, there are several things that will classically attract acute attention from a parent: fever; a child “not eating;” not pooping for a day; lumps and bumps; and rashes. The…
Category Heme/Onc
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in Children
2020! What a great year to focus on good clinical vision! Obviously, in children, what we most often see is, fortunately, the benign conditions; however, it takes our vigilant vision to spot the unusual to help us avoid the life…
Renal Papillary Necrosis and Sickle Cell Disease
Blood shooting out of the urethra will catch people’s attention! While it may be due to a relatively benign issue, there are a number of considerations that immediately come to our minds: Renal Trauma, Abdominal Trauma, Renal Stones, UTI. While…
Tumor Lysis Syndrome
The lysis of tumor cells is one of the goals of successful treatment of cancer. Unfortunately, “Cancer SUCKS!” and even when the tumor is being positively affected, it can still unleash havoc. Oncologic processes are associated with a variety of…
Subgaleal Hematoma from Hair Braiding
The diversity of complaints and presentations in the ED keeps us on our toes and requires our continued vigilance. It is not uncommon for me to say, “I did not know that that could happen” during a shift. While we…
Deep Venous Thrombosis
Over the years, the Ped EM Morsels have addressed several conditions that historically are considered to be “adult” problems, but are actually concerns that we may need to have for children also (ex, Cholecystitis, Cholelithiasis, Pulmonary Embolism, Glaucoma, Sigmoid Volvulus,…
Sickle Cell Hepatopathy
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is terrible, and we are well versed in many of the common presentations. Pain and fever complaints dominate the majority of the encounters in the ED; however, let us not overlook the potential impact SCD has…