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Glasgow Coma Scale in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

We have mentioned the Glasgow Coma Scale in multiple delicious morsels: Minor closed head injuries in <3 month olds and in the rebaked morsel , Blunt cerebrovascular injury , Cerebral edema in DKA , Pediatric Trauma Pitfalls , and Carbon monoxide poisoning.

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SGEM#412: I Can’t Choose…from all the Head Injury Prediction Rules

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Comparison of PECARN, CATCH, and CHALICE rules for children with minor head injury: a prospective cohort study. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2014. Date: July 10, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Joe Mullally is a paediatric trainee in the Welsh paediatric training program and interested in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

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SGEM#406: Homeward Bound…after a dose of Intranasal Fentanyl for Sickle Cell Vaso-occlusive Pain

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Intranasal fentanyl and discharge from the emergency department among children with sickle cell disease and vaso-occlusive pain: A multicenter pediatric emergency medicine perspective. Date: June 15, 2023 Reference: Rees CA et al. Date: June 15, 2023 Reference: Rees CA et al. Reference: Rees CA et al.

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Unwrapping PEM excellence at IAEM23

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Secondary outcome analysis showed there was no difference in length of hospital stay, ICU stay, or duration of oxygen therapy. This is what they found: Length of hospital stay (time from randomisation to the time of hospital discharge or death), the primary outcome, was significantly longer in the high-flow group at 1.77

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SGEM#225: NEXUS II – Validation of the Pediatric Head CT Decision Instrument

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Corey Heitz is an emergency physician in Roanoke, Virginia. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine Case: You’re working in a small rural emergency department when a seven-year-old girl comes in by EMS with a head injury. Dad, on the other hand, may need something for anxiety.

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SGEM#266: Old Man Take a Look at the Canadian CT Head Rule I’m a Lot Like You Were

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

She is interested in social determinants of health in the emergency department and health policy. Dr. Ian Holley is also a PGY-3 resident in Emergency Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. He is interested in ultrasound and international emergency medicine.

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SGEM #429: It’s CT Angio, Hi. I’m the Problem. It’s Me. For Pediatric Oropharyngeal Trauma

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Case: You’re working the morning shift in the emergency department (ED) when you encounter a 3-year-old boy and his family. Alexandra (Ali) Espinel is an Associate professor of pediatrics and otolaryngology at Children’s National Hospital and George Washington University. Yes * The search for studies was detailed and exhaustive.