Pediatric EM Morsels

AUGUST 9, 2024

The post Congenital Syphilis appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. 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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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 12, 2024

Do we need seizure prophylaxis? Children and young people have lower seizure thresholds than adults. Following TBI, seizures are common and may be missed in children and young people who are sedated and paralysed. Either levetiracetam or phenytoin can be used for seizure prophylaxis. Pediatr Crit Care Med.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

We have covered fever before on the SGEM in pediatric patients. There was the great episode on pediatric fever fear with PedEM Super Hero Anthony Crocco ( SGEM#95 ). We also did a RANThony on pediatric fever fear that you can watch on YouTube. Will treating with antipyretics prevent a febrile seizure?

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EMDocs

JULY 30, 2024

Shortly after this, he began vomiting, and developed a tonic clonic seizure. There was no prodromal illness, recent trauma, polyuria or polydipsia, family history of seizure disorder or diabetes. In these cases, PNU ingestion would most likely originate from exposure to an old household rodenticide or exposure to a “research chemical”.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 3, 2023

These guidelines present the best available evidence to support clinical decision making in the prehospital setting when TBI care may have the most significant impact on outcomes; they also establish a research agenda for future investigations. The GCS must be obtained through interaction with the patient (i.e.,

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

My special guest podcaster, Emily Groopman, is an actual Pediatric Geneticist in training and we hope that you will find this episode useful. Pediatr Rev. Pediatrics. Transcript Note: This transcript was partially completed with the use of the Descript AI Welcome to PEM Currents, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast.

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SheMD

JULY 6, 2023

When you attend 7-8 clerkships simultaneously, you can’t check off pediatrics and forget the immunization schedule ever existed! Reach for research: Not everyone loves research, but the LIC curriculum might be a great way to meet your future PI! Keep a journal: You will see many patients and have incredible experiences.

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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. Pediatric Nephrology. What is atypical HUS? Though uncommon, HUS can be deadly.

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Taming the SRU

MARCH 14, 2023

VP Shunt - Courtesy of Cancer Research UK via wikimedia - CC-4.0 - [link] Case courtesy of Paul Simkin, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 30453 Case courtesy of Dr Ruslan Asadov, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 8401. Case 2 19 year old seizure A 19-year-old male is brought into your emergency department via EMS for witnessed seizure-like activity.

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Taming the SRU

MAY 1, 2023

Exertional Hyperthermia Patients with heat stroke will present with Temp > 104, AMS, or seizures.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

APRIL 1, 2016

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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ACEP Now

DECEMBER 10, 2023

5 Symptoms of milkweed poisoning may include abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, lethargy, and confusion, progressing to seizures, heart rhythm changes, and bradycardia. Dr. Hack is chief of the division of medical toxicology and vice chair for research at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

JANUARY 26, 2015

HELLP Syndrome [pdf] Sara Paul MD Intrauterine Fetal Demise [ppt] Irene Hwang, MD Obesity in Pregnancy [pdf] Rafael Garabis, MD Seizures in Pregnancy [ppt] Sherifia Heron , MD Substance Abuse in Pregnancy [ppt] Sophia Y. Journal of clinical and diagnostic research: JCDR, 8(10), FC05. Episiotomy [ppt] Alice Teich, MD. Sherwani, R.,

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 26, 2023

Some families have unexplained deaths during sporting events, an unusual number of car accidents, seizures in someone without a formal diagnosis of epilepsy. 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.

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PEMBlog

JULY 10, 2024

” Emily Labudde, MD, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellow at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and recent pediatric residency graduate from Cincinnati Children’s discusses the various manifestations of this sexually transmitted infection, and how we can’t miss this very treatable, but sneaky malady. .”

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EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

Jeff: Medicinally, cannabinoids are currently used in the treatment of chronic pain syndromes, complications of multiple sclerosis and paraplegia, weight loss due to appetite suppression in HIV/aids, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, seizures, and many other neuropsychiatric disorders.

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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. Pediatr Crit Care Med J.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Headache red-flag characteristics include neurological symptoms, thunderclap nature, syncope, trauma, immunocompromised, coagulopathy, fever, rash, seizure, nuchal rigidity, altered mental status, pregnancy, temporal tenderness, jaw claudication, and cancer history. This post focuses on pain management for benign headaches. J Pain Manag.

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PEMBlog

MAY 9, 2024

Febrile Seizures are among the most common neurological problema in young children, occurring in 1 out of 50 children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years of age. Febrile Seizure. Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccine-related febrile seizures. Pediatrics. Updated 2024 Jan 19]. Ann Emerg Med.

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Taming the SRU

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

These can lead to a wide spectrum of emergent complications including but not limited to cardiac dysrhythmias, seizures, and acute renal failure. It is also worth noting that these aggressive hematologic cancers occur more commonly in children and thus the risk of TLS can be higher in the pediatric population6. in females and 2.5-7.0

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The research that does exist shows that doctors experience incivility regularly. A 13-year-old girl came to the ED with an unprecedented, prolonged seizure. When she arrived in the department, the seizure had stopped. Incivility and doctors Many studies have looked at incivility in nursing, but fewer in medicine. K, Leiter M.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Clinical recommendations for pain, sedation, withdrawal, and delirium assessment in critically ill infants and children Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators ( PALISI ). About PICSTAR PICSTAR is a trainee-led research network open to all doctors, nurses and allied health trainees within Paediatric Intensive Care.

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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. D’Alessandro, MD Professor of Pediatrics, University of Iowa 2006;80(18):9244-9258.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 3, 2024

We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research. In this issue of Pediatrics, Morales and colleagues investigated the effect of exercise on the brain. In this issue of Pediatric Nephrology, Bahat et al.

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