Category Procedures / Tips

Childhood Injury – Still the leading cause of Mortality!

    We are all keenly aware that accidental injuries are the most significant cause of childhood mortality.  It is this fact that keeps us all busy in our clinical settings… and is also what frightens us parents of children the…

Molluscum Contagiosum

We have discussed before how I am not a huge fan of rashes… but I am comfortable with being able to look for the characteristics of the more concerning ones (ex, petechiae, purpura, vesicles, bullae, target lesions, desquamation).  With that…

Timely Feedback – “Good Job” won’t make your job any easier!

  *This one is not specifically, Pediatric related… but it is useful nonetheless!* I just finished a shift that I was simply happy to survive without causing any harm to anyone, including myself.  At the end of the shift, I…

Cervical Spine Injury and Submersion Injuries

  I’m not sure if you have noticed, but the weather is starting to get a little warm.  It almost makes you want to go swimming… and that brings to mind the second leading cause of accidental deaths in pediatric…

Pediatric Sexual Assault “Interviewing” – You are not a detective!

  Regardless of whether you work at a large tertiary center or a referring hospital, unfortunately, you will be faced with the pediatric sexual assault victim.  Most of us, despite our training and clinical experience, are still very uncomfortable managing…

Concurrent Meningitis in infant with UTI?

    Last week I mentioned that, at times, you realize that what you were taught may have been … hmm… not fully correct.  Recently a colleague raised a great question: in the infant (6 week old) who has a…

Gradenigo’s Syndrome and Otitis Media

We have discussed how exciting the management of otitis media can be already (see Acute Otitis Media and AOM and Cochlear Implants).  I know, continuing to overwhelm you with AOM information will not likely increase your viewership of the website;…