Acholic Stool
There are many interesting complaints that we encounter in the Emergency Department. Many make you scratch your head (how did they get that FB in the Ear?) and others will challenge you (how do I get this fish hook out…
There are many interesting complaints that we encounter in the Emergency Department. Many make you scratch your head (how did they get that FB in the Ear?) and others will challenge you (how do I get this fish hook out…
Humans are complex creatures and caring for them is challenging (to say the least). In order to provide superior care for all of the kids we see, we need to know the critical (ex, SHOCK, Difficult Airway, and Necrotizing Enterocolitis),…
We evaluate many common conditions every day in the Peds ED. We become very comfortable with them. As we have discussed several times previously, part of our job is to remain every vigilant for those rare, yet dangerous, entities…
Jaundice can be a normal part of the neonatal period (certainly both of my kids looked like the Yellow M&M for a short period in their beginnings); however, hyperbilirubinemia also generates the concern for the development of kernicterus (abnormal accumulation…