Articles by Amy Levine, MD

Pediatrics

by Amy Levine, MD on August 3, 2010

With increased use of ultrasound, small bowel intussusception is becoming more frequently recognized. The most important predictor of whether it will need to go the OR is length greater than 3.5 cm.

Pediatrics

Red, swollen thumb. Is it MRSA?

by Amy Levine, MD on June 29, 2010

alt It’s the day shift and for once the pace is rather mellow in the Pediatric ED. You’ve had time to check your email, finish a cup of coffee and do a little teaching with the medical student. The resident comes down the hall to present his next case. Time to shake off the inertia and get on with the business at hand.

Pediatrics

A Primer on Neonatal Vesicles

by Amy Levine, MD on March 31, 2010

This phone call certainly gets your attention, even in the middle of a busy shift. It’s a local health department clinic sending you a newborn they think has neonatal herpes. You gear up to see a baby who may be severely ill. You clear out a room, assemble the residents and rapidly review what you know about neonatal herpes virus.

Pediatrics

The Limping Toddler

by Amy Levine, MD on February 2, 2010

Practical Pediatrics by Amy Levine, MD

Why has this child been intermittently refusing to walk for six weeks?

Pediatrics

Three Days Pain/Swelling Below Right Jaw

by Amy Levine, MD on December 7, 2009

It’s been another busy night, mostly flu patients but a few other scattered maladies and injuries to keep life interesting. The next case, for instance, doesn’t sound much like flu. The nurse has just put a 15-year-old boy in bed 10 with a complaint of fever and facial swelling. Variety is the spice of life. Off you go to check him out.

Pediatrics

The Inconsolable Baby: When Is It Colic?

by Amy Levine, MD on November 2, 2009

It was a dark and stormy night . . . seriously. And it didn’t hurt your volume any; you’ve been running steadily since you arrived. Now you’re entering the wee hours and the flow is ebbing just a bit in the pediatric ED. You look at the next chart and read a chief complaint that almost never arrives in the sober light of day: excessive crying in an infant.

Pediatrics

Study Suggests Change to the Infant Fever Work-up

by Amy Levine, MD on September 8, 2009

Infants with fever and positive flu don’t need the full bacteremia work-up

Pediatrics

Make Your Move

by Amy Levine, MD on June 3, 2009

Constipation in children may seem mundane, but it’s no joke. Here are the tried-and-true treatment options for kids who are all jammed up.

Pediatrics

A Fishy-Looking Bruise

by Amy Levine, MD on March 27, 2009

An 8-year-old girl is experiencing mysterious bruising on her left shoulder. A thorough H&P reveals nothing remarkable, so you head to the computer...

Pediatrics

5 ways to expand your pediatric pain management repertoire

by Amy Levine, MD on March 11, 2009

Everyday, in EDs across the planet, children are poked and prodded. We draw blood, we clean wax out of ears – little things, but they are painful for our patients. Here are a few things that are relatively easy to do, that can reduce the pain we sometimes inflict.

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