Pediatric Board Question - A 14 year old boy is brought in by EMS after being discovered in the garage
Posted by Stuart C. Silverstein, MD, FAAP Author " Laughing Your Way to Passing the Pediatric Boards " ( R) on Feb 16th 2023
Today's Pediatric Vignette is about a 14-year-old boy, who is brought in by EMS after being discovered in the garage by his parents obtunded after one episode of emesis. His mother reported that he had complained earlier of blurred vision.
The following is a vignette taken from our Laughing Your Way to Passing the Pediatric Boards, Clinical Vignettes.
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