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The Mycoplasma Comeback: Why This Atypical Pneumonia is Back – A PEMCurrents Podcast

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In this episode we dive into the resurgence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae an atypical bacterial cause of community-acquired pneumonia thats making waves in pediatric emergency medicine. Pediatr Emerg Care. Plus, well discuss whether M. pneumoniae even needs to be treated in the first place! Plus, well discuss whether M. UpToDate , 1 Nov.

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Fluoroquinolone Use In Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Jackson 2016) A systematic review of safety data for over 16000 pediatric patients did show MAEs were the most frequently reported event. None of the patients were documented to have joint disease at follow up. 451 pediatric patients were included. Pediatrics. Clin Pediatr. Arthropathy was seen in 13.7%

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport

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We’re defining “protocol” here as a written document that provides oversight from the medical director about how to assess and treat patients. If you have restraints in your ambulance, are those restraints appropriately sized for pediatric patients? Was the documentation complete? What type of restraint was used?

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Big Labs, Little People

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Read on to go from bread-and-butter pediatric blood work to answer the question – what’s up with troponin, lactate, d-dimer, and BNP in kids? This is especially true in children – the majority of pediatric ambulatory visits do not require blood work to make a decision about acute care. The punchline is, use a pediatric reference.

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Brain Trauma Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

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This document is an update of guidelines first published in 2000, and then updated in 2007. Confounders to the GCS such as seizure and post-ictal phase, ingestions and drug overdose, as well as medications administered in the prehospital setting that impact GCS score should be documented.

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MI in Children

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The best documented cormorbidity is sickle cell disease, although other pro-thrombotic conditions also put the child at risk. The child with seizure disorder and chest pain: anti-epileptics Some anti-epileptic agents, such as carbamazepine, promote a poor lipid profile, leading to atherosclerosis and early MI. J Curr Pediatr.

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Toxicology Answer: Milkweed (Asclepias)

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5 Symptoms of milkweed poisoning may include abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, lethargy, and confusion, progressing to seizures, heart rhythm changes, and bradycardia. corneal toxicity secondary to latex from Asclepias curassavica in a pediatric patient. J Chem Ecol. 2019;45(1):50-60. Yang JF, Beal CJ.