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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #2: Flight of Passage

PEMBlog

This year, in addition to the 10 finalists Maneesha Agarwal will be presenting at the National Conference and Exhibition we will be sharing four cases online in advance of the conference. He initially presented to his pediatrician two months prior with 10 days of cough and unexplained fevers. This is the second of the four cases.

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Podcast: ECPR

PEMBlog

asthma, heart failure, and more. It’s much more logistically difficult when the patient arrests out of the hospital and then presents to the emergency department with CPR ongoing via EMS personnel and then to get transitioned to ECMO. These could include severe sepsis. So eCPR itself is not a standalone intervention.

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Both conditions can present with similar symptoms. Adolescents with GERD often present similarly to adults with heartburn and regurgitation as the primary complaints. Children with respiratory conditions and chronic lung disease like asthma are more prone to GERD as well.

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How to choose between Pediatrics and Internal Medicine for post-graduation?

Tiny Physician

An IM expert can’t deal with all the diseases of pediatric population as some diseases are only present in pediatric population and vice versa. History of the presenting complaint will be given by the mother and you need to have a good rapport with the parents to obtain relevant details of the illness.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

In Europe, countries with stronger primary care had less unnecessary hospitalizations, especially concerning Asthma, COPD, and diabetes. GPs improve chronic disease management, which prevents complications. Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. Here are the key results.