Can patients with penicillin allergy be given an oral challenge instead of skin testing?

Question Can patients with penicillin allergy be given an oral challenge instead of having to conduct…

What is the current risk of bacteremia in children and young adults with sickle cell disease?

Question: What is the current risk of bacteremia in children and young adults with sickle cell…

Pediatric Toxic Ingestions

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

Test Your Knowledge of Managing Acute Joint Pain in Urgent Care (Postscript 1 of 2)

An 8-year-old girl is brought to urgent care by her parents with a complaint of pain…

Test Your Knowledge of Managing Acute Joint Pain in Urgent Care (Postscript 2 of 2)

A 25-year-old previously healthy man presents to urgent care with sudden-onset swelling and severe pain in…

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.…

What’s Your Diagnosis? Substance Use in Adolescents

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

Pediatric DKA and HHS

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