Relative Bradycardia
Relative Bradycardia There are several things that Jay-Z and I have in common, but one that might not be obvious is our mutual love for Big Pimping! Now, I realize that “pimping” residents and medical students has gone out of…
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Pyridoxine Dependent Seizures
We have recently discussed how neonatal seizures are often very subtle and, unfortunately, commonly related to significant pathology (infection, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopahty, intracranial hemorrhage, hypoglycemia, inborn errors of metabolism, etc). Once we determine that we are dealing with a seizure, we…
Nitrous Oxide
Nitrous Oxide – It’s Not Just for Dentists! We are all very aware that many of the necessary procedures that need to be done in the Emergency Department, particularly the Pediatric ED, are painful and often scary. We…
Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Spontaneous Pneumothorax We all see a myriad of patients who complain of chest pain and/or shortness of breath. We can rapidly develop the differential diagnosis and deftly sort through it without much effort; however, we often still end with…
Apparent Life-Threatening Event
Apparent Life-Threatening Event (ALTE) Being specialists of emergencies we are facile with managing events that have the potential to threaten a person’s life. It is interesting, then, that when a child presents to the ED with an Apparent Life-Threatening Event…
UTI and Duration of Fever
The modern era of vaccinations (Prevnar and HiB) have drastically reduced the risk of serious bacterial infections in our young febrile patients. But, unfortunately, Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) are not affected by the modern vaccines and, therefore must still be…
Safely Remove Helmet and Shoulderpads
I love football! Ok… I mean American Football for those of you outside the US… Not that I don’t like soccer, certainly. But back to the point: I love football! Now it is football season again and life is good.…