Case of the Month
Neck Pain and Unilateral Weakness
A 5-year-old fully orientated girl was brought to our ER with immobilizing neck and shoulder pain developing over the same day, weakness of the upper right extremity starting the day before and oliguria. [...]
Severe Headache with Neck Pain
A 14 year old patient was brought to the emergency room by his parents after 6 days of fever with severe headache and photophobia. He was otherwise in good health, fully vaccinated including [...]
Genital Ulcer
An 11 8/12 year-old girl presents to a paediatric emergency room reporting acute pain (vulvodynia) and ulcerations to the genitalia since 4 days. It was preceded by a Covid-19 infection with symptoms lasting [...]
Baby With Inconsolable Crying
A 5 1/2-month-old girl presented to the emergency department for the second time. She cried and screamed a lot during the day. She has merely been drinking anymore, last wet nappy was in [...]
Dancing Palpitations
Presentation of a 17-year-old Patient in the ER with persisting palpitations, rapid heartbeat and slight dizziness for a few hours. It started while practise, which he had to stop. There was no chest [...]
Fateful High Bar Competition
A 10 year old girl was referred from her general pediatrician due to persistent prickling und loss of muscle function in both legs. It all started after competing in school gymnastics, who could [...]
Fluctuating Levels of Consciousness
Enea, 8-month-old, was admitted to the emergency department in a secondary care hospital for multiple episodes of vomiting (10 in less than 24 hours, not bilious) associated with apathy in the last few [...]
A Rare Cause of Failure to Thrive
After a telephone consultation on Saturday, we see a 5 month old girl 2 days later on Monday for the evaluation of failure to thrive combined with repetitive vomiting. The clinical examination shows [...]