FEBRUARY UTI – Hima Khamar Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection By: Hima Khamar, PGY3 In a previous pediatric pearl, we discussed how to treat febrile infants below 60 days. This pearl discussed management of pediatric urinary tract infection (UTI), but also […]
Pediatric Pearl
OCTOBER Foreign Body Ingestion – Hima Khamar FOREIGN BODY INGESTION By: Hima Khamar M.D., PGY3 HISTORY WITNESSED or UNWITNESSED Time of ingestion Description of object: Size, Shape, Length, Width Sharp end, similar object for comparison Last meal time History of […]
Pediatric Pearls – Bronchiolitis
Check out this month’s Pediatric Pearls on Bronchiolitis brought to you by our own Dr. Hima Khamar PGY-2!
Case of the week COW #11
CC: Can’t see for 2 months HPI: 10 year old male with no significant past medical history presents to the Emergency Dept. complaining of painless vision loss in the right eye for 2-3 months. Patient states he has been having […]
Case of the Week COW #9
CC: “Post Surgical Pain” ; Abdominal pain HPI: 8 year old Male with PMH of Sickle Cell Disease (HbSC), Post-opt Day 10 for laparoscopic splenectomy for recurrent sequestration crises presents to the Emergency Department (ED) complaining of abdominal pain x […]
EM Conference Pearls (9/20)
Brief review of this week’s EM Conference Pearls. Topics include pediatric congenital heart disease, EBM in EM, and Aortic Dissection!
When kids eat coins
Kids eat up your money in more ways than one. Some may eat it up in the form of $50,000 a year in college tuition and some eat it up as a meal. For coins that get stuck in the […]