Carolina Vega, MD

Fellowship: Emergency Ultrasound, University of Massachusetts
Attending physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan
Residency: University of Connecticut
Medical school: Tufts University School of Medicine

Pediatric EM , Ultrasound

Acute Abdominal Pain in a Child

8/10/2021 Carolina Vega, MD , Jennifer Noble, MD, FAAP , Jayashree Rao, MD , Nirupama Kannikeswaran, MD

Point-of-care ultrasound can be used to detect Meckel’s diverticulum as the underlying etiology of lower abdominal pain in pediatric patients. In the following case, bedside family-centered teaching a

Ultrasound , Pediatric EM

Intraabdominal Abscess Identified by Point-of-Care Ultrasound in a Child

8/10/2021 Carolina Vega, MD , Roxanne Cheung, MD , Diniece Barran, MD , Jennifer Noble, MD, FAAP

Periappendiceal abscesses are a rare complication of pediatric appendicitis. In this case presentation, the little-seen consequence was identified by point-of-care ultrasound.

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Urology , Pediatric EM

Dysuria and Progressive Abdominal Pain in a Male Pediatric Patient

8/17/2020 Carolina Vega, MD , Chelsey Yurkovich, DO , Jennifer Noble, MD, FAAP

Pediatric patients with abdominal pain and dysuria - even older children - may be suffering the effects of infected urachal remnants. How can you treat this condition?

Pediatric EM

Progressive Weakness in a Young Child

4/23/2020 Carolina Vega, MD , Earl Hartwig, MD

Juvenile dermatomyositis is a treatable idiopathic inflammatory myopathy that causes progressive proximal muscle weakness and characteristic dermatologic phenomena. Without treatment, there is signifi

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