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
Despite the therapeutic measures a 26 day-old boy with Tetralogy of Fallot has severe hypercyanotic spells and needs Blalock-Tausig shunt
William James West (1794-1848) described West Syndrome (Infantile Spasms) - Triad of infantile spasms, developmental delay and hypsarrhythmia
Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793 – 1864) was a German physician. Eponymously affiliated with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
A small child has swallowed two unknown tablets. How would you manage this problem in the emergency department?
Paediatric Formulae
Status epilepticus is considered to have occurred when a generalised tonic-clonic seizure has lasted greater than 30 minutes.
See RCH Melbourne Guidelines: Acute Asthma Asthma discharge pack Asthma devices photoboard Using a puffer and spacer to treat acute asthma
Apply ATLS/APLS protocol: primary survey to exclude life-threatening injuries, secondary survey, re-evaluation and definitive care.
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.
There is concern that sedatives and anaesthetic agents may have harmful effects on the developing brain
The Septic Child
Description History 1929 – First recorded 1963 – Reye, Morgan and Baral published in Lancet 1964 – George Johnson published after Influenza B outbreak 1979 – Starko et al statistically-significant link between aspirin use and Reye syndrome 1980 – CDC…