NICE fever guidelines for kids
Fever is the most common presentation to Paeds ED and it can be difficult to identify a focus. This causes us (me anyway) a great deal of concern.
Category Pediatrics
Tetraology of Fallot and BT shunts
Despite the therapeutic measures a 26 day-old boy with Tetralogy of Fallot has severe hypercyanotic spells and needs Blalock-Tausig shunt
William West
William James West (1794-1848) described West Syndrome (Infantile Spasms) - Triad of infantile spasms, developmental delay and hypsarrhythmia
Johann Lukas Schönlein
Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793 – 1864) was a German physician. Eponymously affiliated with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Two pills can kill
A small child has swallowed two unknown tablets. How would you manage this problem in the emergency department?
Paediatric Formulae
Paediatric Formulae
Status Epilepticus in Children
Status epilepticus is considered to have occurred when a generalised tonic-clonic seizure has lasted greater than 30 minutes.
Koplik Spots
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1778 – John Quier 1785 – JA Murray 1854 – Reubold 1871 – Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt (1833-1902) 1877 – Bohn 1880 – Nikolaj Flindt (1843-1913) 1897 – Nicolai Feodorowitsch…
Henry Koplik
Henry Koplik (1858 – 1927) was an American pediatrician. Eponymously affiliated with Koplik spots of measles first described in 1896
Paediatric Asthma
See RCH Melbourne Guidelines: Acute Asthma Asthma discharge pack Asthma devices photoboard Using a puffer and spacer to treat acute asthma
Paediatric Trauma Patient
Apply ATLS/APLS protocol: primary survey to exclude life-threatening injuries, secondary survey, re-evaluation and definitive care.
Pyloric Stenosis
Pyloric Stenosis is a medial emergency that requires urgent fluid resuscitation and resolution of biochemical abnormalities. Definitive surgical treatment can then be undertaken to restore enteral nutrition.