Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 2008
Randomized Controlled TrialParental factors influence teen alcohol use after an emergency department visit.
To determine if parental factors are significant predictors of short-term adolescent drinking after an alcohol-related emergency department (ED) visit. ⋯ Parental factors may significantly influence subsequent adolescent drinking after an ED visit. These factors should be assessed when treating alcohol-positive teens, and parents should be advised to closely monitor their teens.
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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 2008
ReviewAnticonvulsant medications in the pediatric emergency room and intensive care unit.
Seizures are common in pediatric emergency care units, either as the main medical issue or in association with an additional neurological problem. Rapid treatment prolonged and repetitive seizures or status epilepticus is important. ⋯ A status epilepticus treatment algorithm is suggested, incorporating changes from traditional algorithms based on these new data. Treatment issues specific to complex medical patients, including patients with brain tumors, renal dysfunction, hepatic dysfunction, transplant, congenital heart disease, and anticoagulation, are also discussed.
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Pediatric emergency care · Oct 2008
Review Case ReportsThe edematous toddler: a case of pediatric Ménétrier disease.
Ménétrier disease is a protein-losing gastroenteropathy, characterized clinically by nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms and generalized edema, biochemically by hypoalbuminemia, and pathologically by enlarged gastric folds. Distinct from its adult counterpart, Ménétrier disease of childhood usually remits spontaneously and has a very good prognosis. We present a case report of Ménétrier disease in an edematous toddler and a brief review.