Practice Management
Urgent message: Less than one out of a hundred cases of children ingesting foreign bodies requires surgical intervention. Identifying which children that could apply to, which need endoscopic removal, and those who can wait for spontaneous passage is an essential role for the urgent care provider. Herlene Chatha, MD and Hansel Otero, MD The case: An otherwise healthy 2-year-old boy is brought to your urgent care center by his parents, who are concerned that he …
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Urgent message: When a child presents with periorbital cellulitis with no obvious cause, checking for intranasal foreign body, such as a button battery, is of paramount importance. Serious complications can be avoided if the foreign body is removed in a timely manner. MAY MOHTY, MD, FAAP, FAAUCM, and JACOB ANDERSON, DO Preseptal cellulitis, also known as periorbital cellulitis, is a relatively common diagnosis in the pediatric population. It is defined as infection of the space …
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