An otherwise healthy 3-year-old boy presented to the emergency department, accompanied by his father, for concern of aural foreign body. The patient was playing outside near his family’s gravel driveway and the father witnessed him place a pebble in his ear…
Read MoreA 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”…
Read MoreAs emergency medicine physicians, we are often in the position of screening for and diagnosing abuse and neglect in childhood…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreA 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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