We have discussed “Adult Problems” presenting in children previously (ex, Cholecystitis, PE, Endometriosis), but this time let’s look at a pediatric problem that has an adult sounding name – Arthritis. While arthritis certainly affects adults for a variety of reasons,…
The “Pediatric Red Eye” is a commonly encountered presentation that we are all accustomed to evaluating. The vast majority of the time, the eye redness and irritation is related to a standard conjunctivitis; however, as with many presentations, we need…
Many of us enjoy the aspect of medicine that requires our refined detective skills to not only find clues in the haystacks of chief complaints and presentations, but also use those clues to deduce a diagnosis. It is one of…
We have discussed previously how working in the Peds ED is like being tasked with finding the rare, life-threatening needle in the haystack of the benign and common. In order to do this, it requires us to maintain a…