Charting Pediatrics

Last month we introduced you to Part I of primary care for children and teens living in out-of-home care -- In today's follow-up episode, we will discuss important aspects of the physical exam; considerations for ACE scores and their impacts to overall child health; and finally, how to advocate for this patient population particularly during the pandemic. We are fortunate to be joined by Denver He...

Safety and teamwork are second nature for pediatric providers. In medicine, we have long looked to the airline industry as a leader in the application of crisis response and as the ideal of high reliability. Coming from a shared reality that even the most experienced professionals are vulnerable to human error, both aviation and medical professionals rely on problem-solving strategies to optimize...

Join us for our bi-weekly COVID-19 Virtual Provider Town Hall series featuring updates from Children's Infectious Diseases team and live Q&A: https://bit.ly/3qiKGzV   - our next Town Hall is on Thursday, December 3, 2020 from 6-7:30p.m. MST. With COVID-19 cases surging across the United States and Europe we hope this episode is a timely refresher for any of our pediatric colleagues who are being c...

In our new  series, the Resident Files , we explore efforts of Children's Hospital Colorado and CU School of Medicine pediatric residents to examine the social determinants of health that impact the patients they see in primary care clinic and how all pediatric providers can make considerations for these impacts in their own practice. Our guests today are CU School of Medicine Pediatric Residents,...

Register for the next Provider COVID-19 Town Hall on Thursday, December 3 from 6-7:30 p.m. MST: https://bit.ly/33eMy2D   Today on Charting Pediatrics, we will talk about what to expect from the public release of the COVID-19 vaccine, what it means for pediatrics and facts you can begin sharing with parents in your practice to arm them with knowledge and confidence in this vaccine. Major breakthrou...

The CDC estimates that at least 30 percent of antibiotic prescriptions dispensed from the outpatient setting are unnecessary. Providers working in primary care are perhaps the most influential healthcare providers in addressing the issue of antibiotic resistance, as the inappropriate antibiotic prescribing practices remain high. In this episode Sarah Parker, MD and Nicole Poole, MD join us to disc...

As the United States enters the eighth month of the pandemic surrounded by a backdrop of payer pressures, demands for virtual care and societal unrest, our healthcare system is challenged daily to navigate uncharted territory. From rapid scaling COVID-19 testing and safety operations to securing PPE from disrupted supply chains, and trying to assure patient families that it is safe to continue to...

Register for this week's Provider Town Hall: Thursday, November 5 from 6-7:30 p.m. MST: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3768862387713545741 COVID-19 cases are surging across the U.S. and parts of Europe, outpacing the anticipated winter respiratory season. Locally in Colorado, community transmission is also on the rise with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment warning...

Register for this week's Provider Town Hall: Thursday, November 5 from 6-7:30 p.m. MST: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3768862387713545741 In today's episode, we discuss special health care considerations for children and teens living in out-of-home placements, including foster care/kinship care/group home settings, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today we are joined by James...

Register now for the next COVID-19 Pediatric Provider Town Hall: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3768862387713545741   As a trusted pediatric publisher of peer-reviewed research, clinical references, patient education and coding & payment resources, the American Academy of Pediatrics has played a pivotal role in making the latest research and articles from its Pediatrics Journal related...

Register for this week's COVID-19 Provider Town Hall! Live Q&A with the Children's Colorado pediatric infectious disease team and updated epidemiology of the pandemic : https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7276255001809281037   Hospitals and pediatric practices are under increasing pressure to be publicly transparent about their quality and safety outcomes. The rapid growth of quality improve...

Register for tomorrow night's COVID-19 Virtual Provider Town Hall! Thursday, October 8 2020 from 6-7 p.m. MST In this episode, we will focus on when to order an ECG and other cardiac considerations for return to play after COVID-19 infection. Approximately 35 to 45 million youth ages 6 to 18 participate in some form of athletics. As more of these young athletes return to sport amid the lingering p...

On this episode we are going to talk with Jenny Reese, MD about practical approaches to self-care and resiliency as we continue to move through this pandemic. Societal interruptions at every turn. Working remotely. Virtual school. Financial and health uncertainties. Massive disruptions to the delivery of healthcare, including impacted volumes and private practice business. The impact of the COVID-...

Register today for our next COVID-19 Virtual Provider Town Hall with updates from our Infectious Diseases team and live Q&A from participants. https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8317728907959325456 Just before the COVID-19 pandemic we were witnessing a fast-growing and new epidemic for pediatricians --the association between teen vaping and acute lung injury. It is not surprising that a rec...

A new season of Charting Pediatrics launches on Tuesday, September 22!  Hear Dr. Brent, Dr. Brumbaugh and Dr. Nicklas reflect on Season 3, the pandemic and what is to come on an exciting new season of the podcast. Association for Medical Education in Europe: Charting Pediatrics e-Poster Do you have topic or guest suggestions for Season 4 of the podcast? Write to us, chartingpediatrics@childrenscol...

Join our next Virtual COVID-19 Provider Town Hall As countries in the Southern Hemisphere move through what would normally be their influenza season, early data indicates that efforts to stop COVID-19 have all but eliminated the typical viral spread of flu in those communities. These early behaviors have providers in the Americas speculating if influenza will take a similarly mild course, while ot...

En este episodio nos acompaña Carla Torres-Zegerra, MD , para discutir los problemas dermatológicos más comunes en el primer año de vida en español. In this episode we are joined by Carla Torres-Zegerra, MD, to discuss the most common dermatology issues in the first year of life, the episode was recorded in Spanish. You can follow Dr. Torres-Zegerra on Instagram @dermaskinmd where she posts dermat...

Drowning is quick and silent. It is also the single-leading cause of death among children aged 1-4 and is a top cause death among teens. As pediatricians, we offer an important voice to help educate our parents, patients and community about how to keep kids safe in and around the water. Recently two of our pediatric residents, Dr. Laura Bricklin and Dr. Emma Harding, were awarded a CATCH grant for...

Join us for our next COVID-19 Virtual Provider Town Hall on Thursday, August 27 from 6-7:30 p.m. MST with the Children's CO Infectious Disease Team, including epi and literature updates: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4385745584068080396 Countries around the world are racing to develop a vaccine to end the COVID-19 global pandemic. In the United States, Operation Warp Speed – led by the...

Scoliosis affects between 2 and 3 percent of the population with the primary onset age being between 10-15 years old, occurring equally among both genders. On this episode, Lori Karol, MD joins us to unpack the diagnosis and management of scoliosis. Dr. Karol in the new Chief of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery at Children's Colorado and is Visiting Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Colora...

Please join us for this week's COVID-19 Virtual Provider Town Hall, Thursday, August 13 from 6-7:30 p.m. MST:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4458292460271814414 The topic of face masks or face coverings use and their efficacy has rapidly morphed into one of the most divisive topics in American culture. Mandated by many government bodies in the US and around the globe, these face coveri...

When most of us were going through medical training the word podcast had still yet to be uttered. A mash-up of broadcast and ipod, the word was first introduced in 2004. But by 2020 the podcast platform has developed into an essential tool for dissemination of information amongst humans. Now we can get information on any conceivable topic and it seems inevitable that this will transform all contin...

Cellular therapy is a new type of immunotherapy that is bringing hope to pediatric patients with blood cancers.  The therapy is more specifically known as chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy (or  CAR-T cell  therapy), and it has been hailed as a breakthrough in the field of immunotherapy. CAR-T cell therapy "takes the brakes" off the immune system's response. Essentially, it trains the cells...

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its 8th month, we continue to learn more about how SARS-CoV2 impacts our pediatric population, including the severe Kawasaki-like disease, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Associated with COVID-19, or MIS-C. In this, our 17th COVID-19 podcast we will cover the clinical presentation of MIS-C, how it differs from Kawasaki's and what the early literature i...

Prenatally diagnosed with hydronephrosis, babies of ethnic minorities get surgery sooner than white ones, often within the first year. That's well documented; the trickier question is why. What role does implicit bias play, or at what point during the process does it come into play? What imaging studies do surgeons order, and how do they interpret the findings? How do those interpretations influen...