Affiliation:
1. Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charlotte, North Carolina
Abstract
An otherwise healthy nine-year-old female who spoke only French presented with abdominal pain, vomiting, intermittent fevers, fatigue, and headache. She then quickly became febrile and altered requiring intubation. When treating a healthy child, the physician may initially develop a differential that includes common illnesses. Yet, as emergency medicine providers, we must be thinking about the “zebras” in order to not miss potentially deadly, curable diseases.
Publisher
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subject
Emergency Nursing,Emergency Medicine
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