Essays on Blosser

The 2-year child has complaints of the ear that have deprived him of sleep due to the associated pain. There are two possible diagnosis in this case; on one hand the patient could be having a swimmer’s ear condition also known as the acute otitis externa which usually a condition that causes, inflammation, irritation as well as infection on the ear canal that runs from the eardrum to the external region of the ear (Burns, Dunn, Brady, Starr & Blosser, 2013). The condition is characterized by the production of an odorless clear discharge from the ear which can advance ...

On this particular day, I had to manage a patient, 4 years old. The patient presented with inability to make average count of numbers with the parent seriously concerned that the children of his age were well past this stage. The patient, as observed by the parent was antisocial and prefers playing alone and has not been spotted even once having an idea of the ‘mom and dad’ play with other kids. On the other hand, the patient is said to have difficulties of separating from parents without giving a fight and cry. Top ascertain this, I requested the ...

Introduction

Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of disability and death in children and adolescents in the world today. It is a condition that involves head injuries that are attributed in pediatric deaths and disability across the world. This condition physically affects the pediatric population in different ways than adults. It all depends with the differences in body size and proportion. It brings about anatomic and physiologic differences in children such as greater head to body ratio, thinner cranial bones which offer less protection to the brain, increased vulnerability of brain cells due to less maturity, ...