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Ped EM Morsels Tasty Morsels of Medical Education

April 20, 2018

Children have very few responsibilities and even fewer jobs (just ask my kids). The one job young children have is growing....

April 6, 2018

Recently we discussed Urinary Retention in Kids and highlighted how this is not a condition that only affects adults and the...

March 30, 2018

There are many interesting complaints that we encounter in the Emergency Department. Many make you scratch your head (how did they...

March 23, 2018

Children are incredibly resilient and their tissues are very pliable and plastic. With that being said, their immature skeleton can often...

March 9, 2018

The “limping child” is commonly encountered in the ED, and while we may consider the common entities like Osgood Schlatter’s Disease,...

March 2, 2018

Making a patient feel better is empowering and rejuvenates our professional spirits. This is why we all love taking care of...

February 16, 2018

Once again the Ped EM Morsels will address a topic that accentuates the fact that children are not aliens to be...