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Question: Endocrine

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) You are seeing an 18 month old with 3 days of cough and congestion and 4 hours of tachypnea. On exam, she has diffuse scattered… Continue Reading →

October 17, 2023 1

Question: Metabolic

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) A 20-month old child is brought in by ambulance for lethargy and altered mental status. You find out his grandmother has been administering frequent doses… Continue Reading →

October 10, 2023 1

Question: NAGMA

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) You are seeing a 15 year old girl who presents with acute bilateral lower leg weakness / near-paralysis. She is found to be hypokalemic, which… Continue Reading →

May 30, 2023 1

Question: Diagnosis

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) You are seeing a 13 year old boy with vague complaints of malaise, nausea, morning headaches, loss of appetite, and intermittent abdominal pain. When he… Continue Reading →

September 6, 2022 1

Question: Metabolic

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) A 14-month old boy presents with altered mental status. He has had 2 days of vomiting and diarrhea, but no fever. He weighs 10 kg…. Continue Reading →

July 5, 2022 1

Question: CF

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May 10, 2022 1

Question: Hypocalcemia

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) Last week’s 10 day old patient presented with seizures and jitteriness due to hypocalcemia. In the ED, he has a peripheral 22 gauge IV placed. 

December 14, 2021 1

Question: hypoglycemia

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) You are seeing a 3yo girl brought in by ambulance after a new-onset seizure. The patient has no past medical history, but has been having… Continue Reading →

February 9, 2021 1

Question: Metabolic

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) You are seeing a 10 day old infant born via midwife-assisted water birth at home, brought in for lethargy and vomiting. Physical exam is significant… Continue Reading →

October 13, 2020 1

Question: Inborn Error

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July 28, 2020 1

Question: Metabolic

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!) You are asked to evaluate a 3 day old male with severe lethargy and hypotonia. He is mildly tachypneic. He is afebrile. As part of… Continue Reading →

December 3, 2019 1

Question: Labs

(Click the link to comment and to vote – voting not working through email, sorry!)   Match the classic serum electrolyte / acid-base findings with the pediatric condition: 1) hypochloremic hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis 2) hyponatremic hyperkalemic metabolic acidosis 3) hyponatremic… Continue Reading →

September 11, 2018 1

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