This little Morsel stems from a intellectually fun conversation with Dr. Modisett (for those of you overseas, Dr. Modisett is one of our brilliant and illustrious Chief Residents at Carolinas – yes, I am spoiled). This is another great reason…
On this first Ped EM Morsel of the New Year (HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!), I feel like it is a great opportunity to emphasize a common theme of the Morsels: remaining vigilant and looking for the severe illness masquerading as…
We have previously discussed Pediatric Pneumonia (and why I still live outside in the dog house). We all commonly assess the pediatric CXR and need to be skilled in its interpretation; but have you ever looked at a CXR of…
We have discussed many commonly encountered issues throughout the Ped EM Morsels, but many of us stay interested in our jobs because of the significant vastness of topics that we encounter. When the child’s foster mother told me that she…
We have discussed lymphadenopathy previously and last week we spoke of a specific condition that is associated with enlarged lymph nodes: Kawasaki Disease and Incomplete Kawasaki Disease. While Kawasaki Disease is fun to think about, there is another condition that…
Vigilance can be the most difficult part of our job. After being inundated with kids who have all started back to school and swapped their various viruses with one another and now have new fevers (after having just got…
Lumbar Punctures are commonly done in the Emergency Department and we have discussed several important issues pertaining to them in the past (Positioning, Variance of Analysis based on Age, and Neonatal HSV), but we have yet to discuss the most…