Browsing: Pediatric EM

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Review 3 cases and string together 6 quick management pearls to help you keep on your toes when a child comes into the ED with diabetic ketoacidosis.
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Critically ill pediatric patients can make physicians-in-training nervous - and that anxiety is heightened when it comes to a pediatric patient in respiratory distress. This article reviews the basics
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Inborn errors of metabolism can present with a variety of nonspecific signs and symptoms. While individually rare, as a class of disorders they are not uncommon and should be recognized and treated ap
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As emergency medicine providers, how can we best approach the cyanotic and non-cyanotic infant?
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Hypoglycemia in pediatric patients can be described as the lupus of metabolic disorders. It can be hard to differentiate if hypoglycemia is causing symptoms or is the result of an underlying problem.
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Children with risk factors for neurocutaneous melanosis should be followed closely and screened regularly.
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Ocular swelling in children is a common complaint. But that doesn't mean the etiology is always common - or benign.
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Knowing the differences between the pediatric and adult ECG will help you distinguish potentially life-threatening abnormalities from a normal pediatric ECG.
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Flaccid paralysis of the bilateral lower extremities in infants can be the presenting feature for a variety of diseases.