PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

Garcia T, Florin TA, Leonard J, Shah SS, Ruddy RM, Wallihan R, Desai AP, Alter S, El-Assal O, Marzec S, Keaton M, Yun KW, Leber AL, Mejias A, Cohen DM, Ramilo O, Ambroggio L; Childrens Hospitals Initiative for Research in Pneumonia (CHIRP). Clinical Features and Management Strategies in Children With Mycoplasma Pneumoniae. Pediatr Emerg Care.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 9, 2024

Pemphigus syphiliticus Hepatomegaly Most common May have abnormal LFTs and evidence of Hepatitis. Jaundice Lymphadenopathy Generalized Epitrochlear lymphadenopathy is suggestive of congenital syphilis. Can identify T. pallidum before antibodies against it can be detected.

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Emergency Department Seizures Pediatrics 154

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MARCH 18, 2024

A similar process can also occur in the CNS (causing seizures ), the liver and the pancreas. Depending on the progression of the illness, children may present with pallor, oedema, lethargy, seizures, hypertension or abnormal liver function tests. Clinical Infectious Diseases [Internet]. What is atypical HUS?

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Dehydration Infectious Diseases Seizures Pediatrics 59

PEMBlog

JULY 10, 2024

At any stage, patients can develop neurosyphilis, that can present with vision changes, neuropathies, seizures, or altered mental status. The RPR or Rapid Plasma Reagent, which has now largely replaced the earlier VDRL or Venereal Disease Research. You’ll want to start with a non treponemal test, such as an RPR or VDRL.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Infants usually present in a non-specific manner, following an apnoea, cough, cyanosis, or seizure so a high index of suspicion is required in this age group. However, there is currently no evidence-based consensus on its use, and further research is needed to establish its efficacy and optimal timing. Pediatrics. Nieves et al.

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Pediatric Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Complications include death, scarring, skin superinfection, sepsis, encephalitis, meningitis, febrile seizures, and premature birth. link] How Canadian researchers reconstituted an extinct poxvirus for $100,000 using mail-order DNA. Patients are not contagious after the crusts fall off. 2006;80(18):9244-9258. doi:10.1128/JVI.00945-06

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Infectious Diseases Pediatrics Seizures Sepsis 40

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

A broad workup is initiated for altered mental status, including an STD panel, which shows a reactive Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) and a negative CT head. Consultation with an infectious disease and neurology specialist can be considered to guide treatment and proper disposition.

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