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Rebaked Morsel: Pediatric Buckle and Greenstick Forearm Fractures

Pediatric EM Morsels

Trauma season is at hand and like all other pediatric emergency departments in the country, we find our ED breaking ( pun intended ) at the seams with orthopedic injuries. Yes, we’re talking about your clavicular , proximal humeral, supracondylar, lateral condylar , scaphoid and metacarpal fractures. West, 2005. Plint, 2006.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Pneumomediastinum

Taming the SRU

Unported from wikimedia commons, File:2001 Heart Position in ThoraxN.jpg - Wikimedia Commons accessed 10/25/24 Epidemiology and etiology Pneumomediastinum is uncommon. In adult emergency room visits, its incidence is around 1 in 25,000 (0.00004%) and is slightly higher in pediatric emergency room visits at rates of around 0.3-5%

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