Many people spend inordinate amounts of time planning for their retirement. I applaud people who take time to plan for the future, but wondering how much money you need to retire is something that you can know reasonably well. Of… Continue Reading
Location (the city, proximity to family), the Job (your hours, colleagues, opportunities) and the Money ($$). Then pick two because that’s probably the best you’ll get. Continue Reading
CT imaging has been overused to evaluate children with blunt head trauma despite associated risks to patients and costs. PECARN developed prediction rules to determine which children are at very low risk for clinically important traumatic brain injury (ciTBI). But how do these rules compare to clinical suspicion? In cases when the clinician had a low suspicion for ciTBI but ordered a CT anyway, this study determined reasoning for obtaining the CT. Continue Reading
ALiEM.com recently hosted a Q&A on applying to PEM featuring several PEM fellowship directors from around the country. It covers topics like what exact IS pediatric emergency medicine, various career opportunities, applying from pediatrics or EM, and what makes a… Continue Reading
The White House released it’s budget proposal recently and it features a series of cuts to federal spending. While presidential budgets are not law and many lawmakers have already called it “Dead on Arrival”, it does set priorities for budget negotiations moving… Continue Reading
Maybelle Kou, MD is the PEM fellowship director at INOVA Children’s Hospital and a member of the AAP Society on Emergency Medicine Program Directors Committee. She addresses the basics of applying. So I’m interested in applying to Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Fellowships.… Continue Reading
An interesting article was released a few weeks ago regarding the “best” and “worst” states in which to practice medicine. I’m pretty happy practicing where I do and I hope you can say the same, regardless, I was curious. You… Continue Reading
Sepsis results in high rates of mortality. That is a problem. While some diagnostic and treatment guidelines for pediatric sepsis exist, some areas remain debatable. One of those debates is what is the best first-line vasoactive infusion for children with fluid-refractory shock? Continue Reading