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;…
That Popsicle stick is such a pain in the neck! How many times do I have to yell at my kids for jumping around with sticks in their mouths? Seriously… playing basketball with a lollipop in your mouth isn’t…
Children with respiratory distress can make even the most confident physician wish that the shift had ended a little sooner. Children with airway anomalies will make that already tight sphincter tone rise to epic levels. One of the most…
Oh, the sound of nebulized beta-agonists… it is like … fingers nails on a chalk board to me! Ok, I might be a bit of a vigilante, going exam room to exam room trying to eliminate albuterol nebs… but, here’s…
From the first party where we had balloons that floated, I think we have all had a fascination with the most Noble of the Noble Gases – Helium! While it is fun to make your kids think that you are…
We all know that kids are not little adults (seriously, how many times can we hear that?), but when we consider procedures it important to appreciate that there are differences. The most important being that EVERYTHING is just smaller, which…
Well, it is officially cold now and this fact was highlighted during my last shift in the Peds ED when two patients presented with parents concerned for their children having “low temperatures.” This begs the questions (and was actually later…