Pediatric Oral Rehydration Therapy

Contributor; Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: A 2026 survey asked Canadian emergency medicine (EM) physicians about their eating and drinking habits while on shift. Among 527 respondents, 35% reported that they never or hardly ever ate during shifts, and 37% said the same abo ...  Show more

Contributor; Taylor Lynch, MD Educational Pearls: Thoracotomy Thoracotomy is used in traumatic cardiac arrest to replace conventional CPR with direct access to the chest. Goals include identifying and controlling reversible causes of bleeding, prioritizing blood flow to the heart ...  Show more

Feeling dizzy or a bit of a headache? Ask yourself: are you drinking enough water? 💧 Elliot, Cowy and Billy learn about the importance of drinking water. Listen so you can keep playing and running, hydrated and healthy! Discover more activities, games, and songs that will teach ...  Show more

Do you really need to drink eight glasses of water a day? Can drinking water help you lose weight? Does coffee dehydrate you? Experts explain the science of hydration.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage y ...  Show more

Do you really need to drink eight glasses of water a day? Can drinking water help you lose weight? Does coffee dehydrate you? Experts explain the science of hydration. This episode originally published September 22, 2022.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection an ...  Show more

Pediatric intensivist Dr. Will Cagle joins the show to discuss the AAP Maintenance IV fluid guidelines and considerations when choosing IV fluids for pediatric inpatients. What do you need to know from the 2018 AAP maintenance IV fluid guideline? How common is hyponatremia in hos ...  Show more