Test Your Knowledge: Seizures in Neonates

Neonatal seizures are associated with high morbidity and mortality, but they can be difficult to diagnose…

Test Your Knowledge: Acid-Base Disturbances

Acid-base disturbances are physiological responses to a wide variety of underlying conditions and critical illnesses. Homeo-stasis…

Test Your Knowledge: Marine Envenomations in Pediatric Patients

Marine envenomations can cause a diverse array of clinical syndromes. Systemic and life-threatening reactions, as well…

Test Your Knowledge: Abnormal Vision in the ED

Patients present to the ED with visual disturbances that may be painful or painless and may…

Test Your Knowledge: Failure to Thrive

Failure to thrive (FTT) is a relatively common presentation in the emergency department. Up to 90%…

Test Your Knowledge: Synthetic Drug Intoxication in Children

The continually changing chemical formulations of synthetic drugs makes recognition and diagnosis of intoxication from these…

Test Your Knowledge: Evaluation and Management of Life-Threatening Headaches in the ED

Though patients often present to the ED seeking relief from headaches that cause significant pain and…

Test Your Knowledge: Rash and Fever in the Pediatric Patient

Rash and fever are some of the most common chief complaints presenting in emergency medicine. The…

Test Your Knowledge: Managing Dislocations of the Hip, Knee, and Ankle in the ED

Dislocation of the major joints of the lower extremities–hip, knee, and ankle–can occur due to motor-vehicle…