Pedscases.com: Pediatrics For Medical Students

This podcast will review vertical transmission of HIV, and the management of HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children based on guidelines from the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) and United States National Institute of Health. This podcast was written by Kristin Pon, a medical student at the University of Alberta, under the guidance of Dr. Sarah Forgie, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Alberta. By the end of this podcast, listeners will be able to define HIV vertical transmission, understand the pathogenesis and risk factors for vertical transmission of HIV, and develop an approach including screening, prophylaxis, diagnosis, treatment, and follow up. 

This podcast covers necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), including presentation, investigations, management, long term complications and primary prevention. This podcast was developed by Arun Dhir, a fourth year medical student at the University of British Columbia and Dr. Mandeep Mahal of the UBC Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics.

This podcast is an overview of the newly published 2018 Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) statement on the Diagnosis and Management of typical, newly diagnosed primary immune thrombocytopenia of childhood. It was developed by Stephanie Zachary and Sarah Weicker, fourth year medical students at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Jeremy Friedman, a general and complex care pediatrician at the University of Toronto, and Dr. Carolyn Beck, a general pediatrician at the University of Toronto who are the lead authors of this CPS statement, as well as Dr. Lauren Kitney, a general pediatrician at the University of British Columbia in Victoria, assisted in the development of this podcast. 

The third part of a 3-part series about Pediatric Rehabilitation. This podcast was created by Andy Le, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Matthew Prowse, the Program Director of the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alberta. This episode will discuss the assessment and management of spasticity in pediatric patients.

The second part of a 3-part series about Pediatric Rehabilitation. This podcast was created by Andy Le, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Matthew Prowse, the Program Director of the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alberta. This episode will discuss pediatric rehabilitation history taking and physical examination. 

The first part of a 3-part series about Pediatric Rehabilitation. This podcast was created by Andy Le, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Matthew Prowse, the Program Director of the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alberta. This episode will discuss pediatric rehabilitation and provide an introduction to Physiatry and rehabilitation principles.

This podcast reviews the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) position statement "Urinary tract infections in infants and children: Diagnosis and management."  This podcast was developed by Dr. Chris Novak, a third-year pediatric resident at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, AB, and Dr. Joan Robinson, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Stollery Children's Hospital and the lead author of this position statement.  

This podcast covers the pediatric eye exam in primary care, including vision developmental milestones, how to perform a focused history and age appropriate eye exam, signs and symptoms of eye conditions, and when to refer to a pediatric ophthalmologist. This podcast was developed by Jennifer Ling, a medical student at the University of British Columbia, Harry Liu, a medical student at the University of Alberta and Dr. Ian MacDonald, an ophthalmologist and professor at the University of Alberta.

This PedsCases podcast is designed to give you an understanding and management approach to an important pediatric surgery topic, pediatric inguinal hernias. This podcast was created by Kevin Verhoeff, a medical student at the University of Alberta, with Dr. Simon Byrns, a surgical resident at the University of Alberta, and staff pediatric surgeon, Dr. Bryan Dicken By the end of this podcast you will learn the mechanism and pathophysiology, common risk factors, red flags for adult and pediatric hernias that require emergent care, and different management between pediatric and adult inguinal hernias. 

This podcast reviews the CPS practice point on the medical assessment of fractures in suspected child maltreatment: infants and young children with skeletal injury.  This podcast was developed by Dr. Dominique Piché, a third year paediatric resident at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, NS, Dr. Laurel Chauvin-Kimoff, a staff paediatrician specializing in child maltreatment at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, Dr. Claire Allard-Dansereau of l’Hopital Ste Justine and Dr. Margaret Colbourne of BC Children’s Hospital.

This podcast discusses management of infants that are large for gestational age (LGA) and infants of diabetic mothers (IDM) including screening and treatment for gestational diabetes, labor and delivery complications of LGA infants, and care of LGA infants after birth. It was developed by Manisha Tilak, a medical student at Queen’s University, and Dr. Robert Connelly, a neonatologist and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at Queen’s University. 

This podcast covers acute rheumatic fever, including the classification criteria, epidemiology and etiology, clinical presentations, differential diagnosis, investigations, and differences between primary and secondary management.  This podcast was developed by Mahabba Smoka, a medical student at the University of Alberta and Dr. Dax Rumsey, a Pediatric Rheumatologist at the University of Alberta and Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Canada.

This podcast will provide an approach to nasolacrimal duct obstruction. This podcast was written by Bo Bao, a medical student at the University of Alberta, in conjunction with Dr. Natashka Pollock, a pediatric opthalmologist at the Stollery Children's Hospital. After listening to this podcast, the learner should be able to: define nasolacrimal duct obstruction, develop a differential diagnosis for an infant with persistent tearing, recognize the clinical signs and symptoms of nasolacrimal duct obstruction, and discuss management of patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction. 

Ce podcast révisera l’énoncé de principe de la Société canadienne de pédiatrie et discutera du diagnostic et des investigations appropriées pour le retard global de développement (RGD) et le handicap intellectuel (HI). Il a été créé par Dre. Meghan Pike, résidente en pédiatrie de deuxième année au IWK Health Centre à l'Université Dalhousie à Halifax, sous la direction du Dre Stacey Bélanger, pédiatre du développement à l’Université de Montréal et de Dre Joannie Caron, pédiatre ayant complété une formation complémentaire en pédiatrie du développement à L’Université de Montréal.

This podcast will go over the new Canadian Paediatric Society position statement on this topic and discuss the diagnosis and management of global developmental delay and intellectual disability. This podcast was created by Dr. Meghan Pike, a second year Paediatrics resident at the IWK Health Centre at Dalhousie University in Halifax, under the guidance of Dr. Stacey Belanger, a Child Development Specialist at the University of Montreal and Dr. Joannie Caron, a general paediatrician who completed a fellowship in Developmental Paediatrics at the University of Montreal.

This podcast gives an overview of the risk factors, signs and symptoms, management and prognosis of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). It was developed by Carina Lauzon, a third-year medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Marc-Antoine Landry, a neonatologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.

Cette baladodiffusion a pour but de résumer le document de principe de 2011 de la Société canadienne de pédiatrie (SCP) sur la prise en charge de la pneumonie complexe; elle a été créée par Colleen O’Connor, une étudiante de troisième année à l’Université Dalhousie à Halifax, en Nouvelle-Écosse, en collaboration avec PedsCases et la SCP. Cette baladodiffusion fut développée avec l’appui de Dr. Tania Wong, une pédiatre générale au IWK Health Centre à Halifax, ainsi que Dr. Thea Chibuk, une pédiatre générale au Stollery Children’s Hospital à Edmonton et l’auteure principale de ce document de principe.

This podcast summarizes the 2011 Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) statement on the management of complicated pneumonia in children and youth and was created by Colleen O’Connor, a third-year medical student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in collaboration with PedsCases and the CPS. This podcast was developed with support from Dr. Tania Wong, a General Pediatrician at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax as well as Dr. Thea Chibuk, a General Pediatrician at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton and the lead author of this position statement.

This podcast presents an approach to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Listeners will learn about the definition, pathophysiology, and management of ARDS. This podcast was developed by Dr. Michael Prodanuk, a Pediatrics resident at the University of Toronto, with the help of Dr. Tanya Holt and Dr. Gregory Hansen, both Pediatric Intensivists at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon and University of Saskatchewan.

This podcast is part of a two part series on an approach to the diagnosis and management of diarrhea in children. This episode provides an approach to chronic diarrhea and the development of a differential diagnosis. This podcast was developed by Katie Girgulis a medical student at the University of Alberta, Dr. Chris Novak, a pediatric resident at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Karen Forbes, a pediatrician and medical educator at the Stollery Children’s Hospital