
The baby with Tetralogy of Fallot from Pediatric Perplexity #003 is not doing well – the decision is made to perform life-saving cardiac surgery.
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The baby with Tetralogy of Fallot from Pediatric Perplexity #003 is not doing well – the decision is made to perform life-saving cardiac surgery.

A baby with Tetralogy of Fallot presents to the emergency department in respiratory distress and is ‘turning blue’. What will you do?

Another Friday…another brain-teasing challenge. This week we look at melanoma distribution, interrobangs, Keith, dewlap and the father of modern IV therapy…
A case-based Q-and-A concerning a child with anemia, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure following an upper respiratory tract infection.

A 19 year old male is admitted after a severe traumatic brain injury. Due to refractory intracranial hypertension he is intubated and receiving 20mg an hour of morphine, 20mg an hour of midazolam and 200mg an hour of propofol.
Evidence-based Homeopathy is an exciting new textbook. This exhaustive tome is essential reading for all candidates for the up-coming UCEM Fellowship.

Clavicle fractures: Are common childhood fracture, that also affects adult patients as well.
Can result in neonates from birth trauma, and generally sustained in later age from sporting injuries, falls and violence.
The clavicles superficial location, its thin midshaft, and the forces transmitted across it makes the clavicle a common site of injury.
Rob Rogers recently featured a great presentation by Chad Kessler on EMRAP: Educator’s Edition on ‘how to communicate with consultants’ — in other words (for those not in North America), how to make a referral to an admitting team from the emergency department. This is a crucial part of the job of an emergency doctor, [...]

A small child has swallowed two unknown tablets. How would you manage this problem in the emergency department?

I just heard from Science-Based Medicine that April 10th is the first day of World Homeopathy Awareness Week (WHAW). In keeping with the spirit of raising awareness, I thought it apt to post this from Hell’s New Stand…
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