Top 5 Papers in PEM 2021 - do we do too much in paediatrics?
In paediatrics we used to do an ENT exam on every child with fever. Then in 2020 everything changed.
It caused us to rethink our practice + ask...do we do too much?
My pick of these Top 5 papers in PEM for the RCEM ASC aim to change the way we think about the interventions we do.
0:00 Intro
1:02 Paper 1: Well appearing febrile infants
4:33 Paper 2: Should we treat every child with a non-blanching rash (NBR) as meningococcal disease?
9:42 Paper 3: For displaced forearm fractures, should we call Ortho or do it ourselves?
11:50 Paper 4: Do dropping sodium levels cause cerebral oedema in DKA?
14:40 Paper 5: Do we need to treat children with eye swelling with IV antibiotics?
Paper 1: Well appearing febrile infants
https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/well...
Paper 2: Should we treat every child with a non-blanching rash (NBR) as meningococcal disease?
https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/pete...
Paper 3: For displaced forearm fractures, should we call Ortho or do it ourselves?
https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/pull...
Paper 4: Do dropping sodium levels cause cerebral oedema in DKA?
https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/sodi...
Paper 5: Do we need to treat children with eye swelling with IV antibiotics?
https://adc.bmj.com/content/archdisch...
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