Pediatrics
Pediatrics medicine is distinct from its adult counterpart in many ways! There are lots of great resources out there! Are we missing anything or do you have a suggestion? Let us know!
Free Pediatric Emergency Medicine Downloads:
SickKids Peds EM Quick Hits
This 30 page PDF is a quick and easy guide made by our Canadian Friends with SickKids. All credit goes to the original authors.
“This document was put together by SickKids ED fellows and staff physicians to aid general pediatricians who may be redeployed to see pediatric patients in their emergency departments due to the COVID19 Pandemic. Please note, these are our opinions and references and institutional variation as well as physician preference may vary”
2019 PEMCARS
This is a fantastic literature review of all things relevant to pediatric emergency medicine. It’s a little dry, but helps explain the “why” we do things differently in the PEM world. All credit given to the original authors
Michael Mojica, M.D., Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Director of Education: Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine,
New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center says of the document:
“The PEMCAR or Pediatric Emergency Medicine Critical Article Review originated in 2004 from my desire as a fellowship director to add a structured format to our division’s journal club sessions and to provide our fellows with the opportunity to write comprehensive critical article reviews.”
Books:
Harriet Lane is the go to resource for all things pediatrics
EMRA Antibiotic Guide Is a system based antibiotic guide, great for PA students or new PAs!
Pediatric Emergency Medicine is a desk reference, but amazing for learning all things Peds EM
Links:
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
A library of clinical pathways for many common pediatric diseases
Robust evidence-based clinical pathways
JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
A new but helpful resource for evidence based pathways!
A great mobile APP to help you keep track of pediatric vaccine schedules
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
One of the leading pediatric resources
Evidence based free resources for all things pediatric ortho!
A great place to look up tests by type or by diagnoses
Many medical calculators in one place. Creat Clearance, CHADs scores and more.
A place to review chest xrays and other imaging
Elbow ossification centers make pediatric elbow x-rays tough to interpret! You can use the acronym CRITOE to help identify what is normal and what is not!
Another great elbow x-ray resource! Lots of examples of using the anterior humeral and the radiocapitellar lines to identify fractures
