May 2026

The Art and Algorithm of Croup, Part 1: Music To My Ears…Or Is it?

Anyone who’s spent more than a handful of shifts in the Pediatric Emergency Department can easily recognize that unmistakable, seal-like barking cough from across the unit. Cue the music! Croup is bread-and-butter pediatric emergency medicine: high-yield, high-frequency, and often straightforward. And yet, these kids demand our respect every single time…cause when they’re sick, they’re really […]

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The Febrile Infant Cases That Don’t Fit the Pathway

Clinical Scenarios, From the Editor, Infectious Disease

One of the things I quickly realized as a new attending was that residents rarely struggled with the straightforward febrile infant. The pathway cases? Easy. But every few shifts, someone would present a child and then pause halfway through the plan: “Well… my last attending did something completely different.” That’s where this talk came from.

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HipPEMcrates Group Chat, Vol. 1

From the Editor, Infectious Disease, JournalFeed

One of my favorite parts about being in PEM is the constant sharing of good content – studies, FOAM posts, conferences, podcasts, interesting cases, practice-changing papers, and the occasional “you need to read this before your next shift” text message. A lot of the best educational pearls I come across don’t start with a formal

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