This week’s guest columnists are Marie Baker, MD and Chris Clark MD, family practice residents at Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics.
4 year old boys are usually active dudes. Running around, yelling and laughing, settling…
It was morning in Honduras on my most recent medical mission. I padded in my pajamas to the room where the coffee was supposed to be, but alas it wasn't out yet. I went back to my room, got dressed, back to the coffee table-…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Meighan Anderson, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. She's 10 years old. She has asthma and eczema, but hasn't seen her regular doctor in a year…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Chris Fontenot, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. Dreaded words at 7 pm on Friday night: "Mommy, Daddy, my throat hurts." Doctor's closed,…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Chad Mathews, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. Flu season is here. If you've never had the flu, you're fortunate. Dr. Hamilton tells the…
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…
It was 5 o'clock, July 2, 1991. I know the date and time because it was the end of my first 36 hour shift as Chief Resident. And it was a true 36 hour shift, not a wink of sleep, with sick kids piling into the hospital like we…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Yamuna Jaladanki, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. The other day in the ER I saw two kids from the same family, one 11 months old and the…
I took care of a teenager this past year who suffered from too many antibiotics. Her doctor originally thought she had a skin infection and put her on the first antibiotic course. The skin did not improve, so he put her on a…
Every pediatrician has come to know The Look. The parent’s face falls. They are obviously disappointed, sometimes angry. It happens when the parent came in expecting that the doctor will prescribe an antibiotic for their child’…
It is a busy time of year for us in the ER business. Besides the usual injuries and illnesses, people fill the ERs in the evenings with worries that are NOT emergencies. The waiting rooms are clogged with milling crowds, often…
