What’s Your Diagnosis? BRUE

Welcome to this month’s What’s Your Diagnosis Challenge! But before we begin, check to see if…

Test Your Knowledge: BRUE

 In a 2016 clinical practice guideline, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) created and introduced the…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Pediatric Diabetes

Welcome to this month’s What’s Your Diagnosis Challenge! But before we begin, check to see if…

Test Your Knowledge: Pediatric Diabetes

Children with diabetes mellitus are at high risk for acute life-threatening complications of their chronic disease.…

Pediatric DKA and HHS

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the November 2023 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice article,…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Pediatric Electrolyte Emergencies

Welcome to this month’s What’s Your Diagnosis Challenge! But before we begin, check to see if…

Test Your Knowledge: Pediatric Electrolyte Emergencies

Early recognition and treatment of electrolyte abnormalities protect the patient from derangements in the renal, myocardiac,…

DKA vs HHS

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS) are two conditions that can present similarly. Differentiating…

Test Your Knowledge: Acid-Base Disturbances

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