PEMBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. The patient was ultimately discharged on a seven-day total course of cephalexin per Pediatric Infectious Disease recommendations. Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society, 45(2), 233–237.

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ACEP Now

MAY 10, 2024

A recent 5-year retrospective study of 1,197 pediatric patients at a single institution studied 759 kids (63.4 A recent 5-year retrospective study of 1,197 pediatric patients at a single institution studied 759 kids (63.4 percent of ED pediatric patients compared to 92.9 2002; 23(4):473-5. Ann Oto Rhinol Laryngol.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2018

In the Journal of Pediatric Radiology, Servaes et al catalogued the ultrasound findings in children with surgically confirmed torsion over a 12 year period. Incidence and trends of pediatric ovarian torsion hospitalizations in the United States, 2000-2006. Pediatrics 2010;125:532-8. Epub 2002 May 25. Pediatr Emerg Care.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation in pediatric status asthmaticus. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2002 Apr 1;3(2):181-4. Bilevel positive airway pressure in the treatment of status asthmaticus in pediatrics. Frontiers in Pediatrics. Pediatric pulmonology. Beers SL, Abramo TJ, Bracken A, Wiebe RA.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

There was a disproportionate number of DNWs on Sundays, and if they presented between 4 pm and midnight, A 2002 Canadian study by Goldman et al., Patients who leave the pediatric emergency department without being seen: a case-control study. Pediatr Emerg Care. Of these, 40% were paediatric patients, and 12.4% Emerg Med J.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Hypnosis in pediatrics: applications at a pediatric pulmonary center. BMC pediatrics, 2(1), 11. [ Hypnosis in the treatment of acute pain in the emergency department setting. Postgraduate medical journal, 60(702), 263-266. PMCID: PMC2417820. PDF ] * Bierman, S. Hypnosis in the emergency department. Hopayian, K. PMID: 6507833.

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Northwestern EM Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Acad Emerg Med, 2002. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol, 2002. Journal of Pediatrics. Bhagat, C.I., Calculated vs measured plasma osmolalities revisited. Clin Chem, 1984. 30 (10): p. Hoffman, and L.S. Nelson, Error in an emergency medicine textbook: isopropyl alcohol toxicity. McMartin, K., Jacobsen, and K.E. Br J Clin Pharmacol, 2016.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The Pediatric Assessment Triangle is a rapid, global assessment tool using only visual and auditory clues to make determinations on three key domains: appearance, work of breathing, and circulation to the skin. Pediatr Clin N Am. 2002; 3:3-13. You have all of the skills you need to care for an acutely ill infant. 2006; 53:69-84.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Pediatr Surg Int (2002) 18: 50-53 DiBaise JK, Scolapio JS. Pediatr Clin N Am 55 (2008) 1343–1358 Garton HJ. Pediatr Clin N Am 51 (2004) 305– 325 Kusminsky RE. Pediatr Clin N Am 55 (2008) 1299–1314 Munck A et al. Pediatr Nurs Nov 2005 Vol 31, No 6 Trachsel D, Hammer J. Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JULY 9, 2015

Pediatric Laryngospasm. Pediatric Airway Management. Pediatric Airway: brief intro for trauma providers} [Video] May 21, 2012. Smally, A. Beckham, J., & Cortes, V. Inverse intubation: potential for complications. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 52(5), 1005-1007. Weinberg, G. link] “zmorgan morgan” Laryngospasm.

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Taming the SRU

AUGUST 30, 2023

The diagnostic accuracy of fecal calprotectin during the investigation of suspected pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. 2002 Jan 2;287(1):92-101. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Oct 28;21(40):11246-59. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i40.11246. PMID: 26523100; PMCID: PMC4616202. Henderson P, Casey A, Lawrence SJ, et al. 2012;107(6):941-949.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 28, 2023

Cerebral edema is the most feared emergent complication of pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis. Pediatr Diabetes. Population-based study of incidence and risk factors for cerebral edema in pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis. The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Commitee. 2002 Dec;141(6):793-7.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

MARCH 17, 2023

Management of pediatric snake bites: are we doing too much? J Pediatr Surg. Venomous snakebites in the United States: management review and update [published correction appears in Am Fam Physician 2002 Jul 1;66(1):30]. Pediatr Nephrol. as far west as Texas Cottonmouths/Water Moccasins live in the southeastern U.S.

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EMDocs

MAY 15, 2024

There are a variety of triggers, including infection (most common in pediatric patients), fat embolism, vaso-occlusive pain crisis, pulmonary embolism, and others. Clinical Guide for the Management of Sickle Cell Disease, 2002. Published January 2002. Am J Hematol. 2016;91(12):1185-1190. Br J Haematol. 2015;169(4):492-505.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

in Pediatrics reported on children with headache suspected of having a brain tumor. in Pediatrics did a systematic review of Clinical Features Suggestive of Meningitis in Children. Pediatrics. Pediatrics. The Use of a Pediatric Migraine Practice Guideline in an Emergency Department Setting. Pediatr Emerg Care.

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EMDocs

MAY 28, 2024

There are a variety of triggers, including infection (most common in pediatric patients), fat embolism, vaso-occlusive pain crisis, pulmonary embolism, and others. Clinical Guide for the Management of Sickle Cell Disease, 2002. Published January 2002. Am J Hematol. 2016;91(12):1185-1190. Br J Haematol. 2015;169(4):492-505.

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EMDocs

JUNE 25, 2024

Typically for adults with a TBSA of at least 20% or 10% in pediatric patients. 2002 Mar;68(3):240-3; discussion 243-4. 2002 Nov;28(7):665-9. Fluid resuscitation target and fluid Fluid resuscitation is one of the most important parts of management; goal is to increase intravascular volume and ensure end organ perfusion.

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Burns Fluid Resuscitation Resuscitation Poisoning 96

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

J Curr Pediatr. World Journal for Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery. Pediatr Cardiol. 2002; 12:411-413. Pediatr Rev. 2002; 78:27-30. Pediatr Nephrol. 2002; 17:169-172. Ann Pediatr Cardiol. Correctable Cause of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in an Infant with Heart Failure: ALCAPA Syndrome.

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EMDocs

JUNE 8, 2024

PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board. Bethesda (MD): National Cancer Institute (US); 2002-. Merck Manuals Professional Edition , Merck Manuals, 12 Nov. 2023, www.merckmanuals.com/professional/injuries-poisoning/eye-trauma/posttraumatic-iridocyclitis?query=Traumatic+Iritis+and+Chemical+Iritis. 2021 Oct 7. and John O.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2016

The International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) criteria for DKA : Hyperglycemia, with a blood glucose of >200 mg/dL (11 mmol/L) AND Evidence of metabolic acidosis, with a venous pH of less than 7.3 Pediatr Diabetes. 2002; 141(6):793-7. Pediatrics in Review. Pediatr Diabetes. Radiographics.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 22, 2023

Pediatric and elderly patients were more predisposed to developing an arrhythmic event in the setting of fever [7]. Recently the rate of true arrhythmic events related to fevers in the classic Brugada Type 1 syndrome was explored by Michowitz et al. Circulation, 117, 1890–1893. [3]: Brugada electrocardiographic pattern induced by fever.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The University of Pittsburgh to the Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research 1961–2002. " "AUA Update" Winter, 2002. . " Peter J. Safar, the early years 1924–1961, the birth of CPR." " Resuscitation 50, no. 1 (2001): 17-22. Baskett, P. Resuscitation , 55 (1), 3-7. Escarraga, L. Andrew, M.D. "

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Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

The next question is whether the same trend of decreased suicidality also applies to the pediatric population. A pediatric emergency department in Texas looked at the resulted of their routine suicide risk screenings for patients aged 11-21. They found an increase in older adult suicide in April 2003 when compared to 2002.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MAY 27, 2015

10/30/2002). July, 2002) Managing the Emergency Consequences of Terrorist Incidents. CFR.org editorial staff. Updated: January 1, 2006). Responding to a Terrorist Attack: Hospital Emergency Rooms. Council on Foreign Relations. Dworkin, Ronald W., Preparing Hospitals, Doctors, and Nurses for a Terrorist Attack. FireEngineering.com.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 26, 2023

Claudius et al, Pediatrics 2007 here a US-based study showed that of all admitted patients only 14% had a subsequent clinical course requiring admission. It is also worth considering: Cardiac channel mutations in SIDS: a population-based molecular autopsy study, Ackermann et al, Circulation 2002.

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EKG/ECG Hospitals Shock Documentation/Coding 98

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Pediatric and elderly patients were more predisposed to developing an arrhythmic event in the setting of fever [7]. Recently the rate of true arrhythmic events related to fevers in the classic Brugada Type 1 syndrome was explored by Michowitz et al. Circulation, 117, 1890–1893. [3]: Brugada electrocardiographic pattern induced by fever.

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia EKG/ECG Wellness Documentation/Coding 52

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

APRIL 8, 2014

L->R: Johnson & Johnson commercial version of adult/child & pediatric Safar S-tubes; middle: S-Tube of unknown manufacture of 2 OPAs conjoined with a plastic flange allowing use in either mode; right: comparison Berman airway, 100mm. "( sic ) Click for larger image ©Tom Trimble, RN CEN, from Author's Collection. [L->R:

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JANUARY 1, 2017

The guiding principles in pediatric pain assessment and management are: know the child; know the family; and know the physiology. As the pendulum on pain management swings one way or the other, do not let your pediatric patient get knocked by the wayside. They will often require more frequent dosing.

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EMDocs

APRIL 12, 2025

Answer : Pediatric Aural Foreign Body Background: Foreign bodies are a common presenting complaint in pediatric emergency departments. 2 Epidemiology: Foreign bodies account for approximately 11% of all pediatric ENT emergencies. 2 38% of all pediatric foreign bodies will be aural. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A new study conducted by the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) aimed to determine whether LGG could reduce the severity of gastroenteritis in children. However, for pediatric gastroenteritis, the evidence suggests they do not provide significant benefits. 2018 Nov 22;379(21):2002-2014. Pediatrics, 2013.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Pediatrics 2020 Case: A 4-year-old immunized girl presents to the emergency department (ED) with a fever and rhinorrhea for the […] The post SGEM#319: Is it Aseptic Meningitis or More Than This? Pediatrics 2020 Case: A 4-year-old immunized girl presents to the emergency department (ED) with a fever and rhinorrhea for the past four days.

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Broome Docs

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Nov 22;379(21):2002-2014. Barton MS, Chaumet MSG, Hayes J, Hennessy C, Lindsell C, Wormer BA, Kassis SA, Ciener D, Hanson H. A Randomized Controlled Comparison of Guardian-Perceived Cosmetic Outcome of Simple Lacerations Repaired With Either Dermabond, Steri-Strips, or Absorbable Sutures. 2024 Aug 15.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 20, 2025

The latest SCCM pediatric sepsis guidelines 31 recommend against a fluid bolus in children who are not hypotensive and who do not have access to intensive care, with a weak recommendation to give a 10-20 ml/kg initial bolus and up to a 40-60 ml/kg bolus in children with hypotension who do have access to critical care resources. J Thorac Dis.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JANUARY 1, 2024

This retrospective cohort study in JAMA Pediatrics looked at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the socioemotional development of infants and toddlers. A randomized clinical trial, the Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy Trial for Snoring ( PATS ), evaluated adenotonsillectomies in children with snoring or mild obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 21, 2024

The management of pediatric thermal burns always seems to be a hot topic , whether we are caring for a little future chef who splashed a scalding microwaved noodle cup on himself, or a toddling youngster who pulled a pot of boiling water on herself. Topical Therapies for Pediatric Burns: The options?

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MARCH 27, 2015

March, 2002) Emergency Care Essentials: 'Nasal Intubation Strategies'. Effect of combined mouth closure and chin lift on upper airway dimensions during routine magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric patients sedated with propofol. 10 (2002), pp. High, Kevin, Kevin High, RN, EMT, MPH, MHPE. Cheryl Lynn Horton, MD, Calvin A.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Figure 1 shows the Rowlands leucodepletion protocol, image taken from Rowlands, Pediatrics 2010 The infants treated using the Rowlands strategy achieved a 90% survival rate , compared to 55% in the control group , which included historical patients and case mix-adjusted mortality data. Pediatr Crit Care Med J. Pediatrics.

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