Category: Infectious Disease

May 10, 2019

Reye’s Syndrome

Call me crazy, but discussing Measles last week got me feeling nostalgic. Mumps, Tetanus, and Chicken Pox similarly harken back to...

May 3, 2019

Measles was discussed in the PedEM Morsels in 2011 and again in 2015. Sadly, measles is even more important today for...

April 26, 2019

Often our clinical role is similar to that of a detective. We carefully search a patient’s history and physical exam to...

April 19, 2019

Hair loss may not seem like an Emergency to you… but it is! (Ok… maybe my perspective has changed as I’ve...

April 12, 2019

We cannot afford to be cavalier in our jobs. What is, on the surface, seemingly simple, may be more complex. Take...

March 1, 2019

Caring for the child in shock is challenging! Vascular access has to be attained. Fluids have to be given quickly and...

December 21, 2018

It often seems that we are on the search for the omnipresent Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in the Pediatric ED. “You have...