by Mordechai Raskas, Children’s National with Dave Mathison, Children’s National The Case 3 year-old female, bounceback to the ED s/p appendectomy 3 days ago, now with fever, poor po intake, headache, and emesis. Tmax 104 F. 4 days prior had been seen in ED and found to have appendicitis by ultrasound. Appendix removed the following […]

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 […]