An overview of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and its management in the ED
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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
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Pediatric Head Trauma
An overview of how to approach head trauma in our pediatric patients.
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Lidocaine-Epinephrine-Tetracaine Gel is More Efficient than EMLA and Mepivacaine Injection During Skin Repair in Children: A Prospective, Propensity Score Matched Two-Center Study
Lacerations are a common cause of visits to the pediatric emergency department. Laceration repair can be a traumatizing experience. The use of topical anesthetics may obviate the need for infiltrative anesthetics.
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Early Subthreshold Aerobic Exercise for Sport-Related Concussion: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Recommendations that “rest is best” for concussions are based on animal research and consensus opinion. Recent evidence suggests that strict limitation of activity may not be beneficial. A small clinical trial (n=88) of pediatric patients with acute concussion randomized patients to “strict rest” for 5 days and “usual care” defined as 1-2 days of rest and then a gradual return to activities.
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Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis
A look at this post-infectious process that can range from asymptomatic hematuria to florid renal failure and acute nephrotic syndrome.
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PEMCARS (Pediatric Emergency Medicine Critical Article Review) V3.0, 2019
The new version of the PEM CARS iBook (V3.0, 2019) has been released! 200 comprehensive, critical article reviews on PEM literature available for free.
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Congratulations and many thanks to the NYU/Bellevue Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellows and faculty that have put in a considerable amount of effort to make this happen.
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Radial Head Subluxation
An overview of Nursemaid’s Elbow — how to spot them and how to pop them back in.
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