A 21-day-old term baby presents to your emergency department in respiratory distress and appears dusky blue.
A 21-day-old term baby presents to your emergency department in respiratory distress and appears dusky blue.
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.
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Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) are disorders of chemical pathways. These diseases led to dangerous deficiencies or excesses of chemicals.
A 5-week term baby is brought in by his parents with a 24-hour history of poor feeding. No fever or infective features.
Early recognition and treatment of sepsis in children is crucial as progression to organ failure and shock is often very rapid.
A 3-day-old baby girl is brought to the emergency department by her distressed mother with complaints about the baby’s shivering and lethargy.
What will you do when your weekend shift in the Paediatric ED turns into seeing a stream of yellow babies?
The neonatal period (<28 days of age) and young infancy (< 3months ) is the most common time for presentation of congenital conditions and the highest susceptibility for infection.
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
Sick neonates with vesiculopustular rashes should be tested for HSV, candidal and Staphylococcal infections (EL3)
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?”
This blog is an overview of how to approach an unwell infant. It covers diagnoses not to be missed, how to spot them and a few tips about management.