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Fast Facts: Traumatic Bladder Rupture

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However, in pediatric patients whose pelvic bones are not fully developed, the bladder is more prone to injury. To diagnose bladder rupture, CT cystography is the preferred diagnostic test. To diagnose bladder rupture, CT cystography is the preferred diagnostic test. Epub 2012 Nov 19. Urotrauma: AUA guideline.

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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

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12, 2012). “[W]hen the circumstances surrounding the presentation of a prescription would give rise to suspicion in a ‘reasonable professional,’ there is a duty to question the prescription.” (The CDC has advised clinicians to carefully assess increasing total opioid dosage to greater than 50 MMEs per day). Holiday CVS, L.L.C.

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 1: A House Divided

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She was diagnosed with constipation. The patient completed the miralax cleanout followed by daily miralax, and started having soft, formed stools daily without any pain (Bristol type 4). OHVIRA Syndrome The patient’s ultrasound revealed an obstructed hemivagina. 2012 Jan;5(1):67-70. J Hum Reprod Sci.

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Parvo Podcast! Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease, and more!

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Learning Objectives Describe the classic and atypical clinical presentations of Parvovirus B19 infection in pediatric patients, including erythema infectiosum, arthropathy, transient aplastic crisis, and chronic anemia in immunocompromised hosts. Sometimes I share it with patients and families. But what is it?

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

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Upon entering the room, you find the patients nurse at the bedside already in mid-conversation with the patients parent. In pediatric patients, this condition should be considered when blood pressure exceeds the 95th percentile for age, height, and sex by more than 30 mm Hg, or reaches levels above 180/120 mm Hg in older adolescents.

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A podcast episode about laryngomalacia

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2012 Oct;147(4):619-26. Tracheomalacia and bronchomalacia in children: incidence and patient characteristics. But it might underestimate it because lots of mild cases don’t actually present clinically, and they’re not diagnosed endoscopically. The best way to diagnose this is through imaging like CT scans.

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Podcast: Cervical Spine Injuries & Imaging in Children

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Guidelines for field triage of injured patients: recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2011. 2012 Jan 13;61(RR-1):1-20. The most common injuries seen in these younger patients are growth plate fractures and ligamentous injuries. MMWR Recomm Rep. PMID: 22237112. than it is spinal shock.