This PedsCases note provides a one-page summary of hand, foot and mouth disease, including its presentation, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, management and prevention. It was created by Annabelle Wong, a medical student at the University of Calgary with help from Dr. Bonita Lee, a professor in the Division of Infectious Disease at the University of Alberta.
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This PedsCases note provides a one-page overview on oral thrush, including its presentation, risk factors, diagnosis and management. It was created by Kylie Parent, a medical student at the University of Alberta with the help of Dr. Jessica Foulds, pediatrician at the University of Alberta.
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This podcast will give you an approach to skin and soft tissue infections. In this episode, listeners will 1) recognize the clinical manifestations of various skin and soft tissue infections, 2) classify bacterial pathogens based on the clinical presentations of skin and soft tissue infections, 3) identify red flags of skin and soft tissue infections, and 4) discuss the approach to management of skin and soft tissue infections. The podcast was created by Roy Khalaf, a third year medical student at McGill University, in collaboration with Dr.
This PedsCases note provides a one-page infographic on invasive meningococcal disease and its risk factors, presentation, investigations, management, complications and prevention. It was created by Elizabeth Di Flumeri, a medical student at the University of Sherbrooke with the help of Dr. Alexandra Langlois, a pediatric immuno-allergist and professor at the University of Sherbrooke.
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This podcast will give you an approach to staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS), a blistering skin infection that is seen mainly in infants and young children.
This PedsCases note provides a one-page infographic on osteomyelitis, including its clinical presentation, diagnosis, and approach to management. This note was created by Shaharyar Ahmad, a medical student at the University of Alberta with the help of Dr. Sarah Forgie, professor and pediatric infectious diseases physician at the University of Alberta.
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This CPS Podcast describes Lyme disease in Canada. It was created by Katie Girgulis, a Pediatric Resident at Dalhousie University and Stephanie Zahradnik, a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Resident at the University of Toronto. This podcast was created in collaboration with Dr. Nicole Le Saux, a Pediatric Infectious Disease physician at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa and an author of the Canadian Pediatric Society practice point that is reviewed in this podcast.
This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on the presentation, pathopgysiology, diagnosis, management, and complications of periorbital and orbital cellulitis. It was created by Katharine Jensen, a pediatric resident at the University of Alberta, with the help of Dr. Alexander Perry, a plastics resident at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Karen Forbes, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta.
This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on Congenital STORCH infections, including presentation, initial evaluation, and management. It was developed by Terra Morel, a medical student at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Sarah Forgie pediatric infectious disease physician at the University of Alberta.
This podcast discusses vaccines against COVID-19 as they pertain to pediatric patients. The podcast provides background information on vaccine development and types of vaccines, then answers many common questions about vaccines via an interview with Dr. Joan Robinson, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. The podcast was developed by Dr. Gauri Shah, a pediatrician who completed a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Alberta. Its development was supported by Dr. Robinson.