Concussions are commonly encountered in children and emergency medicine providers need to know how to describe the return to learn and return to sport strategies. Let's take a minute to review the new recommendations.
Sinusitis is often diagnosed in patients with fever and nasal drainage, but often it is not severe. It can, however, become severe. Let's review Pediatric Sinusitis Complications.
While the current COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reduced travel (especially for those of us in the USA… hmmm… who would have thought a US passport would be of such little value?) we are all acutely aware of the potential benefits…
Life is complex and even the common can become complicated. Yes, “simple viruses” can wreck havoc (COVID is certainly reminding us of this now… but let’s not forget Measles and Mumps and Varicella to name a few). Sure pneumonia is…
I was always taught to have a very healthy respect for infections of the Hands, Feet, or Face. Certainly, the infection itself can be problematic (tenosynovitis, plantar puncture, sinusitis, otitis media), but those particular areas have lots of very delicate…
The patient complaint of “headache” often causes me to have a headache. There are so many things to ponder. We have previously covered some important conditions to consider when evaluating headache (ex, AVM, RMSF, Meningitis, Post-LP, Moyamoya, Migraine, Pseudotumor, and Pheochromocytoma).…
Ticks are disgusting (no offense ticks). They engorge themselves on our blood, becoming bloated sloth-like sacs of our serum. While that is certainly not appealing, what makes them most offensive is their tendency to transmit awful diseases to us. These…