Cite this article as: Tagg, A. Bacterial co-infection, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16783Often we are asked to look at a febrile infant with what appears to be a viral illness. But could there be something else going on? If you believe in Occam’s Razor or the law of parsimony then you might…
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. DFTB go to the Harbour, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16727This week the DFTB team have been invited to run a conference within a conference in Sydney. Resus @ the Harbour is a multidisciplinary resuscitation conference combining powerful patient stories with cutting edge care – just the…
How do we spot the sick child without testing everyone?
Cite this article as: David, C. FPIES, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16444A 6-month-old male is brought to ED by his mother with multiple episodes of profuse vomiting after eating lunch. No diarrhoea, fevers or unwell contacts. He is usually a well child and had a normal neonatal period. He is immunised and…
Do you just count for a few seconds and do some mental arithmetic?
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. Diagnosing DDH, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.13704When people approach me to ask about writing for DFTB I usually suggest that they write about what they know. That is certainly my approach and why I started to write the Normal Neonate series a year ago. The littlest…
Cite this article as: Rotella, J. Non-Toxic Exposures, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16453Mary had a little taste… Common non-toxic exposures (and what to expect) As clinicians, we will occasionally come across someone with a case of Toxicophobia – the fear of being poisoned. In paediatrics, this usually presents in the parents of…
Cite this article as: O’Connor, E. Lyme Disease, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16210A nine year old girl, Skye, comes to see you with her parents. She has a two day history of a red, circular and enlarging rash on her right calf, which they describe as looking like a ‘bull’s eye’. She…
Cite this article as: DFTB, T. Josh Francis: Paediatrics in East Timor at DFTB17, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16238And so we come to the final talk of the final day of DFTB17 in Brisbane. You can check out any of our other conference talks on our YouTube channel.
Cite this article as: DFTB, T. Katie Reeves: Viral and Pre-School Wheeze at DFTB17, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16229This talk was recorded live on the final day of DFTB17 in Brisbane. If you missed out on our first conference then check out our YouTube channel.
Cite this article as: Rotella, J. Preventing Poisonings in the Home, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16269You’ve just seen a young lady who managed to swallow a tablet out of Grandma’s handbag, whilst she was over for a visit. Luckily, it was a 20 mg esomeprazole tablet so she’s going to be ok….
DFTB go to New York
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. DFTB go to New York, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.17016I first heard of the FemInEM crew in Dublin. Dara Kass, Jenny Beck-Esmay and Stacey Poznanski took to the stage to talk about the birth of FemInEM, first as a blog then as a resource to effect…