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 […]

by Katie Donnelly, Children’s National with Shilpa Patel, Children’s National The Case 17 year old female who emigrated from El Salvador eight months ago who presents after an episode where she lost consciousness and had vision changes. The challenge in this case is how to approach this patient with recent travel history who is asymptomatic […]

By Shilpa Patel For this week, I chose an interview of Lundy Braun on her book Breathing Race into the Machine. This book explores the history behind ‘race correction’ in the assessment of lung function. It is a reminder of how our social environment informs our hypotheses and how we interpret data. How Racism Creeps […]

Unfortunately concussion is a common diagnosis, especially in the fall with the initiation of football season. Thankfully, the AAP released a great article summarizing current concussion guidelines. Highlights from this article are found below. Halstead, Mark E., Walter, Kevin D., THE COUNCIL ON SPORTS MEDICINE AND FITNESS, Clinical Report–Sport-Related Concussion in Children and Adolescents Pediatrics […]

by Katie Donnelly, Children’s National with Shilpa Patel, Children’s National The Case 17 year old female who emigrated from El Salvador eight months ago who presents after an episode where she lost consciousness. She had been watching TV with her brother at the time. She states she remembers her vision greying out but denies palpitations, […]