Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports – March 1, 2003

March 1, 2003

• Genitourinary Emergencies in Male Children: Recognition and Management

  The diagnosis of genitourinary pathology may be challenging, especially in a busy emergency department. It is important in any infant with a complaint of fussiness, vomiting, or not acting right to undo the diaper and do a careful assessment of the genitalia. It is easy to miss a hernia or testicular torsion if an infant is not fully examined. Identification of children with a potential for underlying pathology is also essential.

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• Trauma Reports Supplement: Current Strategies for Airway Management in the Trauma Patient

  This article, the second of two parts, deals with the potentially disastrous situation in which either the patients airway presents a substantial challenge or standard intubation methods have failed.

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