Family Centered Communication (Inpatient)
This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on Family Centered Communication in an inpatient setting. It was created by Lize-Mari Du Toit with the help of Dr. Karen Forbes.
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This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on Family Centered Communication in an inpatient setting. It was created by Lize-Mari Du Toit with the help of Dr. Karen Forbes.
This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on Extravasation Injuries. Which occur when IV drugs are inadvertently administered into the perivascular space instead of the vein. It was created by Sebastian Kilcommons (Medical Student, University of Alberta) with the help of Dr. Curtis Budden (Assistant Professor, University of Alberta)
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This podcast will give you an updated approach to the evaluation of stridor. In this episode, listeners will 1) define stridor and the pathophysiology causing stridor, 2) create a differential diagnosis based on a patient’s presenting signs and symptoms, 3) differentiate benign causes of stridor from those that are life-threatening, 4) describe common pathogens involved in infectious etiologies of stridor, and 5) outline a basic management plan for a patient with stridor based on the differential diagnoses and investigative findings.
This PedsCases note serves as a one-page guide to writing pediatric admission orders. It was created by Dr. Katharine Jensen, a PGY-3 at the University of Alberta and Dr. Karen Forbes, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta.
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This podcast is part 1 of a 2-part series intended to introduce the listener to peripheral intravenous insertion in the pediatric patient. This podcast will review some key differences between doing procedures in children compared to adults, and how those differences guide our approach to placing peripheral IVs in kids. It will discuss considerations specific to working with children that will both improve your success rate and make placing the IV far less stressful of an experience for your young patients.
This PedsCases Note Provides a one-page infographic on dehydration and fluid replacement. It was created by Grace Georgopoulos, a medical student at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Chris Novak, a Pediatrician at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, Alberta.
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This podcast covers handover, including why it is important, elements of a good handover, common barriers to effective handover and some commonly used tools. It was developed by Chelsea Gilbert, a medical student at the University of Alberta and Dr. Zafira Bhaloo, a pediatrician at the University of Alberta.
In this podcast, the listener will learn the basics of approaching acute appendicitis in pediatric patients. This includes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and complications of acute appendicitis, its presentation, the differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain in children, investigations for suspected appendicitis, and an overview of its management. This podcast was created by Christina Ray, a medical student at the University of Alberta, in conjunction with Dr. Troy Turner, an emergency physician at the University of Alberta’s Stollery Children’s Hospital.
This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic reviewing common painful brief medical procedures in children, and how to combine psychological, physical, and pharmacological approaches to pain and distress management. It was created by Katharine Jensen, a medical student at the University of Alberta, with the help of Dr. Turnbull, a pediatrician at the University of Alberta, as well as Dr. Trottier and Dr. Ali, authors of the CPS statement.
This podcast will discuss tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) in pediatric patients, including the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, risk factors, and interventions for TLS. It was developed by Stephanie Unrau and Marc Beaudin, 4th year medical students at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Bev Wilson, medical director of the Northern Alberta Children's Cancer Program at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, Canada.