Tagged: Seizure

January 26, 2018

Rickets Presentations in the ED

In the Emergency Department, we are constantly juggling large lists of differential diagnoses. We become facile at sorting through the vast...

December 16, 2016

One of the refreshing aspects of taking care of children is that, generally, they don’t have a mile long list of...

September 9, 2016

Managing seizures in pediatric patients is a common occurrence in the Emergency Department. We have discussed seizure related issues in the...

August 12, 2016

Tobacco smoke is a health hazard for children (and us children of all ages). We know this. So it seems like...

April 22, 2016

We have previously addressed the notion that “Not All That Shakes is a Seizure.” Often, just by witnessing the “shaking” it...

May 1, 2015

Few things will frighten parents more than seeing their child appear to shake all over. Fortunately, many times seizure activity is...

November 23, 2012

Apparent Life-Threatening Event (ALTE) Being specialists of emergencies we are facile with managing events that have the potential to threaten a...