This week's guest columnist is Dr. Frank Betanski, a Family Practice resident at the University Health Center here in Lafayette. "OUCH!!" (ou-ch); exclamation; a four-letter word indicating urgency and anxiety when children get a…
Last week we saw a 7 year-old girl with eight days of sore throat and fever. Her parents were frustrated: they had seen their doctor twice, another ED once, had three flu tests and two strep tests and blood tests that were all…
Today's guest columnist is Dr. Jesse Livingston, a family practice resident at the LSU-University Health Center here in Lafayette. Kids fall and hit their heads a lot. Though most children with head injuries are fine, some need…
The child had odd markings on his back. He was three years old and being seen in the Emergency Department for coughing. The resident first examined the boy and noted red streaks up and down his back. The rash looked like it was…
