Hospital Pediatrics

Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) - CPS Podcast

This podcast is an overview of the newly published 2018 Canadian Paediatric 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.


Urinary Tract Infections in Infants and Children - CPS Podcast

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.


LGA/IDM

This podcast discusses management of infants that are large for gestational age (LGA) and infants of diabetic mothers (IDM). This episode will discuss 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. 


LGA/IDM

This podcast discusses management of infants that are large for gestational age (LGA) and infants of diabetic mothers (IDM). This episode will discuss 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. 


Paediatric Complicated Pneumonia - CPS Podcast

This podcast summarizes the 2011 Canadian Paediatric 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.


Approach to Chronic Diarrhea

This podcast is part 2 the 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


Approach to Acute Diarrhea

This podcast is part of a two part series on an approach to the diagnosis and management of diarrhea in children. Part 1 gives an overview of the pathophysiology of diarrhea and an approach to acute diarrhea. 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.


Pediatric Vital Signs Reference Chart

This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on Pediatric Vital Signs and covers the age-based variation in normal ranges for vital signs throughout the pediatric population. It was created by Dr. Chris Novak, a pediatric resident at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Peter Gill, a staff pediatrician at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.

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Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

This podcast was developed by Dr. Kevin Gipson, a pediatric pulmonology fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Dr. Anna Cook, a pediatric pulmonologist at MGH, and an instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. It will provide learners with the definition, pathophysiology, and treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.


Acyanotic Congenital Heart Lesions - Part 2

This podcast is part two of the two part series on acyanotic congenital heart lesions which describes the pathophysiology of obstructive acyanotic heart lesions including pulmonary stenosis, aortic stenosis, and coarctation of the aorta. This podcast was developed by Herman Bami, a second year medical student from Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario and Dr. Michael Grattan, a pediatric cardiologist at the London Health Sciences Center.


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