Late-Presenting Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Part of the challenge with evaluating children is the ever present concern for an unusual emergent condition masquerading as a common...
Tagged: respiratory distress
Huffing Hydrocarbons: Inhalant Abuse
Substance abuse is not only an adult patient problem. Alcohol and illegal drug abuse, unfortunately, also afflicts our pediatric population too....
Pleural Effusion and ReExpansion Pulmonary Edema
Respiratory Distress is a common emergent complaint encountered when caring for children. Whether it is Out of Control Asthma or Pneumonia, or Severe Croup...
B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) use in Children
We doctors love to order tests, often only to confirm things we already know. Did that lactate level for the child...
Honey for Cough
Cough is a very common symptom in children. Certainly, we need to consider that an ominous cause may be lurking (Asthma, Occult...
Can’t Intubate Can’t Ventilate
“Can’t Intubate Can’t Ventilate” is one of the frightening statements that causes massive surges of adrenaline in everyone. Unfortunately, most neural synapses...
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Aw, the Winter Season in the Ped ED… how we all love the viral pathology! Let us recall, however, that...
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