Tagged: fever

May 3, 2019

Measles Management in 2019

Measles was discussed in the PedEM Morsels in 2011 and again in 2015. Sadly, measles is even more important today for...

March 22, 2019

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is terrible, and we are well versed in many of the common presentations. Pain and fever complaints...

December 21, 2018

It often seems that we are on the search for the omnipresent Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in the Pediatric ED. “You have...

December 14, 2018

When I was young, Chicken Pox Parties were all the rage! Yup… a party to expose kids to illness (well, I...

November 2, 2018

Ears! They are the focus of many ED visits! Things get stuck in them (ex, Ear Canal Foreign Body, Cerumen). They...

February 2, 2018

Yes. It is indubitable. Children will present for evaluation of fever. Many, if not most, will be well and likely have...

January 12, 2018

When I was a resident (Not that long ago people! Come on!!), I was taught by Dr. Mattu (@amalmattu) that the...