Respiratory illness, sepsis, and trauma are three important entities afflicting children that may lead to needing to manage a child’s airway. Airway management in the ED is a complex interplay of patient factors, clinical illness status, and provider factors that,…
The Ped EM Morsels strive to reinforce the notion that children are not an “alien population,” and while they deserve special attention, they should not be feared by us. Children are, rather, a unique population that requires special consideration of…
Immunodeficiency and Down Syndrome We are all familiar with the major features of Down Syndrome (partially because they are distinctive and partially because tests love to have questions about them), but one that is commonly undervalued is the relative immunodeficiency…