RCEM CPD Conference 2022 Day 2
Well hopefully you all had a lovely evening and possibly even managed to go for a run along the coast to celebrate having functioning livers! I got into the spirit …
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Highlights from the Virtual Colloquium – 14th Annual Update in Paediatric Emergencies Day 1
It’s been a long time since I’ve been at a conference, either in-person or virtually. Something that was once a regular part of my professional life has, like so many …
JC: Spot the Difference, what can we do about petechiae? St Emlyn’s
Back in 2013, I wrote a post here on petechiae in well kids; it received a phenomenal number of views for reasons I don’t quite understand (I think it ended …
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JC: D-K-hoorAy! New Paeds DKA guidelines
On Monday, the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes published interim guidelines on the management of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in our younger patients (under the age of 18). NICE …
JC: IN Fentanyl vs Ketamine for analgesia in PED. St Emlyn’s
Last year we reviewed a pilot RCT comparing IN Fentanyl vs IN Ketamine in kids​1,2​. We concluded that they were probably similar in analgesic effect but that Ketamine had a …
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