Pediatric Sinusitis Complications
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.
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Neurocysticercosis in Children
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…
Pott’s Puffy Tumor
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…
Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
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…
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
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).…
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 is certainly not appealing, what makes them most offensive is their tendency to transmit awful diseases to us. These…
Post Lumbar Puncture Headache
References Bertolotto A1, Malentacchi M2, Capobianco M2, di Sapio A2, Malucchi S2, Motuzova Y2, Pulizzi A3, Berchialla P4, Sperli F2. The use of the 25 Sprotte needle markedly reduces post-dural puncture headache in routine neurological practice. Cephalalgia. 2015 Apr 23.…
Pheochromocytoma
The PedEM Morsels often focus on remaining vigilant. That certainly does not mean ordering a million unnecessary tests, but rather strives to augment our awareness of the complex systems we evaluate and appreciate that certainty is a fool’s proclamation.…
Migraine Cocktail
Naturally, the differential for headache in pediatric patients is vast and includes conditions ranging from strep throat to Pseudotumor and pneumonia to AVM. Occasionally, we have to perform invasive tests like Lumbar Punctures to help evaluate the headache. Fortunately,…
Mollaret’s Meningitis
The best part of working in the Emergency Department at Carolinas Medical Center is being surrounded by so many brilliant colleagues. I learn something new every shift (and, in truth, is where the majority of these Morsels are baked). Today’s…