A 3-year-old female is brought into the Emergency Department for left arm pain. She was at the park earlier today when she suddenly ran towards the street - her father pulled her back by the arm and felt a slight “click”…
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As emergency medicine physicians, we are often in the position of screening for and diagnosing abuse and neglect in childhood…
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A 17-year-old male with a past medical history of major depressive disorder, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder presented to a pediatric emergency department with two days of a frontal headache and nonradiating, aching left sided chest pain. He was accompanied by his mother. The patient had received a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine three days prior…
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A seven-day old male presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with twelve hours of increased work of breathing. His mother reported a healthy pregnancy and spontaneous vaginal delivery. She noted they had been home for 5 days from the newborn nursery. However, overnight she found the patient had increased work of breathing and difficulty with feeds. She noted he was no longer able to finish a full feed…
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A 15-year-old female with a history of depression and ADHD who presents to the ED after an intentional overdose. Family notes that the patient is prescribed Prozac and Adderall, but they also found Benadryl and Ibuprofen in her room. On arrival, the patient was hypertensive to 140/82 and tachycardic…
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