Orbital cellulitis
Patient Story Print Section Listen A 12-year-old boy is brought to the emergency room with progressive eye lid swelling and redness associated with blurring of vision for the past 24…
PEDIATRICS
Hordeolum and Chalazion
Patient Story Print Section Listen A 5-year-old girl presented with a tender nodule on the lower eyelid for 3 days (Figure 10-1). The clinician diagnosed an external hordeolum (stye) and…
Social Justice
Print Section Listen Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. —Martin Luther King, Jr. The first question which the priest and…
CUTANEOUS FUNGAL INFECTIONS
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cutaneous fungal infections are categorized as follows: Superficial: infecting the stratum corneum, hair, and nails. The three major genera are Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton. The term…
The Birth of a Child
Patient Story Print Section Listen Mary and Joe are expecting their first baby. The pregnancy has been without complications; routine prenatal screens and ultrasounds have been negative including the screen…
HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS
DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY ERUPTIONS Print Section Listen A drug hypersensitivity reaction is an adverse, allergic response to an ingested or parenterally administered drug characterized by a cutaneous eruption. There are several…
Pediatric Palliative Care
Patient Story Print Section Listen At 7 months of age, Blake (Figure 5-1) was diagnosed with a rare, progressive malignancy. His initial admission was prompted by swelling of his left…
INSECT BITES AND INFESTATIONS
PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS Print Section Listen Pediculosis capitis is an infestation of the scalp by the head louse, which feeds on the human scalp and neck and deposits its eggs on…
