Appendicitis: Surgery vs. Antibiotics
Let us start with a case before a deep dive into the current evidence around the modern management of patients with acute appendicitis. A 30 year old,...
Kinder Knee Arthrocentesis
As you know I love ultrasound. One of the simplest scans we do is the identification of knee effusions in ED. The anatomy is simple...
Possible Pyloric Stenosis
If you work in a kids ED then you probably see babies who are tagged as “possible PS” when they present with large volume vomiting. ...
Probing Paediatric Pneumonia with Dr O’Brien and Lissaman
Drs Adam O’Brien and Claire Lissaman are the authors of a new study looking at the diagnostic characteristics of lung US for Paediatric pneumonia. The...
eFAST for Pneumothorax
This is a bit of a rant about a few things that I am interested in lately. I was watching the FOAMed feed on Twitter...