We are a team of EM doctors working in Wales. We have chosen to look at a range of paediatric papers, focusing on two sub-topics, attendances to the emergency department & paediatric infections.…
The Unwell Neonate and Infant – PEM Induction
The neonatal period (…
The Shocked Neonate
A 22-year-old lady delivers a 36-week-old baby unexpectedly at home. The baby was initially pink with an Apgar of 9, and a birth weight of 7lbs…
Neonatal Nuggets Part 1: skin rashes, jaundice, lumps and bumps
Neonates can present with normal physiology to the paediatric emergency department. Studies have suggested that 1.9% of all patients present within the first month of life…
Neonatal Nuggets Part 1: skin rashes, jaundice, lumps and bumps
Sick neonates with vesiculopustular rashes should be tested for HSV, candidal and Staphylococcal infections (EL3)…
Tiny Tot’s Ticker Flicker
A 5-week term baby is brought in by his parents with a 24-hour history of poor feeding. No fever or infective features.…
Blue Baby Spell
A 21-day-old term baby presents to your emergency department in respiratory distress and appears dusky blue.…
Cheer up buttercup
Not one, but two teeny tiny yellow wailing babies present to your Paediatric ED! Their worried parents ask you: “why have the twins turned yellow?”…
Mellow Yellow: Neonatal Jaundice
What will you do when your weekend shift in the Paediatric ED turns into seeing a stream of yellow babies?…
FRCEM Primary Paper 2
FRCEM Primary Examination Single Best Answer…
The Unwell Neonate and Infant
The neonatal period (…
October 2016 New in EM
Oct New in Em from Nikki Abela, Simon Laing, Chris Connolly, Craig Davison, Ken Milne, Andy Neill…
Metabolic Babies in the ED.. Easy As 1.. 2.. 3
Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) are disorders of chemical pathways. These diseases led to dangerous deficiencies or excesses of chemicals…