PedsCases: Pediatric Education Online

This podcast will discuss an approach to congenital hand anomalies in children. This podcast was created by Harold Zhu, a first-year medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Regan Guilfoyle, MD, a Pediatric Plastic Surgeon and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta. There are no conflicts of interest to disclose by the authors.

This podcast will discuss acute abdominal pain in pediatrics, with a focus on an approach to this presentation, important differential diagnoses to consider, associated red flags, and initial investigations based on history. The podcast was created by Dr. Stephanie de Waal, a first year Emergency Medicine Resident at McMaster University, in collaboration with Dr. Mel Lewis, a Pediatrician at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton. There are no conflicts of interest to disclose by the authors.

This podcast will give you an approach to neonatal seizures. In this episode, listeners will learn 1) how to describe the clinical presentation of different type of neonatal seizures, 2) recognize that neonatal seizures can present similar to non-epileptic neonatal behaviours and be able to contrast seizure presentations from non-epileptic behaviour, 3) Identify the risk factors that predispose neonates to seizures, 4) Describe common causes of seizures in the neonate, 5) Identify the different investigations to employ when working up a neonate for seizures, and 6) Discuss treatment options for neonatal seizures. This podcast was created by Gurleen Cheema, a third-year medical student at the University of Toronto, in collaboration with Dr. Lauren Sham, a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist and the Medical Director of the Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Program at SickKids Hospital in Toronto, Canada.  An author of this podcast has financial support from LivaNova and Jazz Pharmaceuticals.

This video discusses long QT syndrome as an example to discuss medical conditions that are inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. This is the first video in a 3-video series on Genetic Diseases. It was created by Dr. Rozlyn Boutin, a resident at British Columbia's Children's Hospital in Vancouver, BC, Canada in collaboration with Dr. Caitlin Chang, a medical geneticist at BC Children's.

This video 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 video 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 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 video is the final video of a three-part series on puberty and pubertal disorders. This episode covers the topic of delayed puberty including the clinical criteria for diagnosing and an approach for the common causes of delayed puberty. This video was developed by Ruojin Bu, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Elizabeth Rosolowsky, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Alberta. 

This video explores the physiology and clinical presentations of normal puberty. This is the first episode of a three-part series on puberty and pubertal disorders developed by Ruojin Bu and Dr. Elizabeth Rosolowsky. 

This podcast focuses on the diagnosis and management of newborns with intrauterine growth restriction, abbreviated "IUGR". This podcast was developed by Manisha Tilak, a medical student at Queen's University, with Dr. Robert Connelly, a neonatologist and Head of the Department of Pediatrics at Queen's University. Maternal, fetal, and placental risk factors, appropriate screening and workup, appropriate post-natal assessment and complications of IUGR will be reviewed.