Acute recognition and management of traumatic brain injury along the spectrum from mild to severe is essential in optimizing neurocognitive outcomes. Concussion is common following head trauma in children, and…
Once a child is determined to be at risk of having a cervical spine injury, clinicians must take appropriate precautions to avoid potential worsening of neurologic deficits. Occasionally these decisions…
Children who present with an episode of altered mental status, whether transient or persistent, present a diagnostic challenge for practitioners. This article describes some of the more common causes of…
Fever is one of the most common reasons for a visit to the primary care provider or the emergency department. Traditionally, clinicians have used various risk-stratification strategies to identify serious…
Asthma continues to be one of the most common reasons for emergency department visits and a leading cause of hospitalization. Acute management involves severity-based treatment of bronchoconstriction and underlying airway…
Bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory tract infection to affect infants and toddlers. High-risk patients include infants younger than 3 months, premature infants, children with immunodeficiency, children with underlying cardiopulmonary…
Richard Lichenstein, MD, Editor Getachew Teshome, MD, MPH, Editor Pediatric medicine continues to evolve along its complex path. As research deepens our understanding of injury and illness, clinicians are challenged…
Blood banking/immunohematology is an area of laboratory medicine that involves the preparation of blood and blood components for transfusion as well as the selection and monitoring of those components following…
Apheresis refers to the removal of a component of the blood and is performed using a group of medical technologies in which peripheral blood is processed by an instrument that…
Hemovigilance is an essential part of the transfusion process and is defined as surveillance procedures covering the whole transfusion chain, from collection of blood and its components, intended to collect…
