Scott Herskowitz, MD Inova Children’s Hospital with Emily Willner, MD Children’s National Medical Center A 14-year-old female presents at 0100 with acute on chronic abdominal pain with weight loss and new onset vomiting. She has had vomiting once a day over the past 3 days that has been nonbloody and nonbilious with poor oral intake […]
Author: scott herskovitz
I grew up in southern California, slogged out a tough four years on the beach in undergrad at UCSD before making my way to the University of Sydney for medical school. Prior to fellowship I was a pediatric resident at Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge.
Hot Seat #84: 3yo F w/ Hip Pain
Scott Herskovitz MD, Inova Children’s Hospital with Shireen Atabaki MD, Children’s National Medical Center The Case A 3yo female presents to the ED with right hip pain for the past 2 weeks. Her mother states that the patient was lying prone on a swing set going back and forth when she “jammed her leg into […]
Hot Seat #77: 13 yo M with headache
Scott Herskovitz, Inova Children’s Hospital with Theresa Walls, Children’s National Medical Center The Case 13 y.o. male presents to the ED with cough, congestion, and coryza for the past 10 days. He went to an urgent care center on day 2 of illness, where he had negative strep, monospot, and flu tests. He presented again […]