The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath The article this week comes from the New York Times excellent series on medical costs in the US.  This one deals with the cost of asthma medications, a common set of prescriptions that our patients should be taking but often can’t or aren’t. There are two things in […]

by Adam Kochman, Inova Children’s Hospital with Karen O’Connell, Children’s National The Case 15 y/o previously healthy male referred form PCP office with 4-5 weeks of right neck mass. The challenge of this case involves the diagnostic work-up for a neck mass. For a complete case presentation with audience and Hot Seat Attending comments, please […]

by Adam Kochman, Inova Children’s Hospital with Karen O’Connell, Children’s National The Case 15 y/o previously healthy male referred form PCP office with 4-5 weeks of right neck mass. Began as round swelling which enlarged over first 2 weeks and then evolved to flattened mass w/o significant progression in size over last 2 weeks. Pt […]

This ECG learning module was created by Priya Gopwani, Shilpa Patel, Anne Greene, and Jennifer Chapman. This 10 minute interactive learning module deals with important pediatric ECG patterns encountered in the Emergency Department. They will be relevant to lessons on Syncope and Toxicology.   Reference: Gopwani P, Patel S, Greene E, Chapman J. A Module-Based […]

Singer, Adam J and Talan, David A.. “Management of skin abscesses in the era of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus”. N Engl J Med 2014; 370:1039-1047. March 13 2014 With the increasing rates of MRSA in the community, questions about how to best treat skin abscesses in the ED have come up. In March 2014, a review […]