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PEM Guides


Pediatric Vital Signs


Pediatric Fever Workup


Pediatric Fever Treatment


Viral CNS Infections


Inborn Errors of Metabolism


Button Battery Ingestion


SAFE (Side=Airway, Front=Esophagus)

Diameter

Dime (10 cents) - 18 mm

Nickel (5 cents) - 21 mm

Quarter (25 cents) - 24 mm

Battery - 6-23 mm (most are 8-12 mm)


hemolytic-uremic syndrome - Shiga toxin-producing E. coli damage endothelial cells of the glomerular capillaries and cause intravascular coagulation


Henoch-Schonlein purpura - Immune-mediated vasculitis, age 3-15, Tetrad of purpura, abdominal pain, arthritis/arthralgia, and renal disease

Pediatrics