aka Pediatric Perplexity 005 A toddler was brought to the emergency department for increasing respiratory distress over the past few days. He has also had fevers, and was started on antibiotics by his family doctor with no improvement. In the…
A 2 year-old boy requires intubation to manage his acutely obstructed airway. He is going downhill fast. What are you going to do? pediatric intubation
Child presents with anemia, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure following URTI. atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
A 7 year-old girl was brought to hospital with lethargy, irritability and vomiting. Aspirin administered with viral illness. Reye syndrome.
A case-based approach to the assessment and managment of major extremity trauma in the emergency department.
A Q&A approach to the management of pelvic trauma including pelvic stabilisation, control of hemorrhage and when to scan, operate or go to the angiography suite.
LITFL looks at the latest review from EBMedicine on pelvic and hip injuries in the emergency department. Test your knowledge now!
JellyBean 100...with Miss Claire Kerr, Paediatric Intensive Care Nurse at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.
A Q&A approach to the assessment of trauma patients with pelvic injury, including examination, investigations and complications.
Recognising haemorrhagic shock and finding the bleeding source is one thing, but how should you resuscitate a bleeding trauma patient? The Q&A post provides an overview of massive transfusion as part of damage control resuscitation of major trauma victims.
The Trauma! series rocks on... Finally we get to major haemorrhage. This Q&A post tackles the resuscitation of the exanguinating trauma patient.
A Q&A guide to the assessment and management of penetrating abdominal trauma, including stab wounds, gunshot wounds and different regions of the abdomen.