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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

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PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. He had easy work of breathing, and physical exam was only notable for decreased breath sounds over the left lower lobe. What’s the Diagnosis? 2023 Jul 24. This is the second of the four cases.

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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

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Attention to any toxidromes, any abnormal vital signs or mental status, eye findings, and neurologic examination provide the greatest help in narrowing the differential diagnosis. Children requiring psychiatric consultation in the pediatric emergency Berg JS, Payne AS, Wayra T, Morrison S, Patel SJ. Hosp Pediatr (2023) 13 (1): 66–71

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 4: You Can’t Get Fooled Again

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PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. Physical exam Vital Signs: Temperature: 37.9 °C, Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993-2023. This is the fourth of the four cases. Normal tracking Cardiovascular: Tachycardia. Tyrosinemia Type I.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

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A short-term sore throat may resolve on its own — monitor symptoms or consult a primary care doctor. Then, they’ll perform a physical examination. Get an expert diagnosis, advice, and prescriptions — all available 24/7 from your home. Prolonged sore throats may indicate a bacterial infection or another medical issue.

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Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

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She is a member of the Clinical Genome Resource Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM) Clinical Domain Working Group, where as a biocurator she assesses the pathogenicity of variants in IEM-associated genes to facilitate expedited genetic diagnosis for IEMs. Updated 2023 Jul 17]. Inborn errors of metabolism in infancy: a guide to diagnosis.