Summertime brings many fun adventures. Unfortunately, it also brings predictable illness and injury (ex, Gastroenteritis, Handlebar Injuries, Sparkler Injuries). People also tend to wear less clothing and that can allow parents to see those areas that have been hidden all…
Recently we discussed Urinary Retention in Kids and highlighted how this is not a condition that only affects adults and the elderly. Obviously, there are numerous examples of conditions typically segregated in our medical school texts as affecting only adults…
Making a patient feel better is empowering and rejuvenates our professional spirits. This is why we all love taking care of the patient with a Patellar Dislocation, Shoulder Dislocation, or a Nursemaid’s elbow. Obviously, administering Adenosine for SVT can make you…
Pediatric head and neck infections are encountered commonly in the Emergency Department. While most often these will be relatively simple (although still annoying to the patient and family) like Acute Otitis Media, Otitis Externa, Sinusitis, or Pharyngitis, they can also become…
Yes. It is indubitable. Children will present for evaluation of fever. Many, if not most, will be well and likely have a self-limited illness (but, do NOT say “it’s just a virus”!). Some, however, will have fevers associated with other…
When I was a resident (Not that long ago people! Come on!!), I was taught by Dr. Mattu (@amalmattu) that the WBC Count is “the last bastion of the intellectually destitute.” These words were meant to encourage me to avoid…
Hooven animals are complicated creatures (just like humans). They can be majestic, but rambunctious. They can be wild, yet tamed. In medicine, we often try to distinguish between them: Horses versus Zebras. While searching among the horses for the zebras,…