Category Name: Peds EM Morsels

Peds EM Morsels

Delayed Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease

"Set an alarm that gets your attention anytime someone presents with 'fever for 5 days'"Sean M. Fox, MD (@PedEMMorsels) with some excellent tips on recognizing factors putting your pediatric patients at risk for delayed diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease, including the more challenging to diagnose "incomplete" form of the disease.

Peds EM Morsels

Subtle Signs of Pediatric Heart Failure

"Dyspnea / tachypnea in conjunction with abdominal pain (hepatomegaly) warrants consideration of acute heart failure as much as the kid presenting in overt shock"Sean M. Fox, MD (from the great pedemmorsels.com) discusses signs, symptoms, and mimics of heart failure in children.

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Rapid MRI for VP Shunt Evaluation

"Patients with hydrocephalus will have nearly 4 scans per year during childhood"For evaluation of VP shunts in children, the cost and study duration a rapid MRI is closer to CT than you might think (and without the ionizing radiation!). Best of all, the evidence comes from studies performed with pop...