Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
I was always taught to have a very healthy respect for infections of the Hands, Feet, or Face. Certainly, the infection...
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Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
The patient complaint of “headache” often causes me to have a headache. There are so many things to ponder. We have...
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Ticks are disgusting (no offense ticks). They engorge themselves on our blood, becoming bloated sloth-like sacs of our serum. While that...
Post Lumbar Puncture Headache
Performing a lumbar puncture in the ED is certainly a task with which we are very familiar. We have discussed...
Pheochromocytoma
The PedEM Morsels often focus on remaining vigilant. That certainly does not mean ordering a million unnecessary tests, but rather...
Migraine Cocktail
Naturally, the differential for headache in pediatric patients is vast and includes conditions ranging from strep throat to Pseudotumor and...
Mollaret’s Meningitis
The best part of working in the Emergency Department at Carolinas Medical Center is being surrounded by so many brilliant...
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