Apparent Life-Threatening Events in Children
From the April 2014 issue of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice, “Apparent Life-Threatening Events In Children: Practical Evaluation And Management.”
Photophobia
The Patient A 31-year-old female presents to the emergency department with 1 week of right eye pain, redness, excessive tearing, and photophobia. She denies any trauma, chemical exposures
Foreign Travelers: Cutaneous Parasitic Infections from Abroad
Case Presentation You step into the room of a 22-year-old female sent from her primary care physician for incision and drainage of two fa
The Options for Training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Do you remember the “sorting hat” from Harry Potter? Plop it down on the noggin of an aspiring young student, and it mumbles and grumbles in
Emergent Concerns in Ovarian Stimulation
Clinical Case A 39-year-old female presents with acute right lower abdominal pain that awoke her from sleep. Her only medical history involves progesterone us
Nitrous Oxide for Pediatric Sedation
In the emergency department, we perform minor surgical procedures and invasive tests on children every day. Intravenous procedural sedation is often used to facil
Management of Post-tPA Intracerebral Hemorrhage
On your next shift, you find yourself evaluating a 58-year-old-male with acute onset of left upper and lower extremity weakness and a facial droop that
Finding the Invisible: Using Ultrasound to Combat Fournier's
Case A 77-year-old male with coronary artery disease, diabetes, and a recent left femoral neck fracture is sent to the ED for non-resolvin
A Literature Review and Discussion: Sheath & Sound
Case You are working in Central America doing emergency development work, when a 7-year-old girl presents in status epilepticus. She has no seizure
EMRA Resident Forum and ACEP15: Make the Most of It!
It happens in late fall and accelerates into spring: Graduating residents start to stress about the move into practice. Not the medical or profess