Charting Pediatrics

Our Summer 2021 Series features the rebroadcast of some of our most listened-to episodes from the last 4 seasons of Charting Pediatrics. Do you have a guest or topic suggestion for Season 5? Let us know, chartingpediatrics@childrenscolorado.org In this episode we discuss seizures and spells, and the diagnosis and management of events that worry us. This episode was recorded at the 2019 American Ac...

Our Summer 2021 Series features the rebroadcast of some of our most listened-to episodes from the last 4 seasons of Charting Pediatrics. Do you have a guest or topic suggestion for Season 5? Let us know, chartingpediatrics@childrenscolorado.org   Our guest for this episode is Jessica Hawks, PhD the Clinical Director of Outpatient Services at the Pediatric Mental Health Institute and assistant prof...

Our Summer 2021 Series features the rebroadcast of some of our most listened-to episodes from the last 4 seasons of Charting Pediatrics. Do you have a guest or topic suggestion for Season 5? Let us know, chartingpediatrics@childrenscolorado.org In today's episode we dive in to the topic of toxicity and the most common overdoses in pediatric medicine. Our guest is Sam Wang, MD , returning from earl...

Our Summer 2021 Series features the rebroadcast of some of our most listened-to episodes from the last 4 seasons of Charting Pediatrics. Do you have a guest or topic suggestion for Season 5? Let us know, chartingpediatrics@childrenscolorado.org   Respiratory diseases account for nearly a quarter of all pediatric consultations. And in addition to the usual suspects on our differentials, we now have...

Our Summer 2021 Series features the rebroadcast of some of our most listened-to episodes from the last 4 seasons of Charting Pediatrics. Do you have a guest or topic suggestion for Season 5? Let us know, chartingpediatrics@childrenscolorado.org   Sepsis remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in children despite improved understanding of the pathophysiology leading to better c...

Season 4 of Charting Pediatrics is a wrap! Thank you for listening, writing in and creating this dynamic pediatric podcast community.  Throughout the month of July 2021 we will be re-broadcasting some of our most popular episodes from Season 4 and we look forward to launching Season 5 in August. If you are looking for new content and want to brush up on your Spanish skills, check out our new Spani...

A new podcast from Children's Hospital Colorado. Pediatras En Línea is a weekly podcast in Spanish for pediatric healthcare providers hosted by Carla Torres-Zegarra, MD. In this series, providers from around the globe will discuss the latest treatments and innovations for the delivery of pediatric medicine and the nuanced art of delivering care in their home communities. Listen and subscribe on Sp...

After a long 18 months of living through a pandemic, vaccines have paved a way forward to a new normal – Just 6 weeks ago, the Pfizer vaccine received emergency use authorization for adolescents down to age 12; and here at Children's Colorado, we are a Pfizer vaccine trial site for kids ages 5-11. As more of our pediatric patients become eligible for the vaccine, primary care providers will be con...

Plastic surgery conjures up associations with cosmetic and aesthetic improvements, often in the name of vanity. However, plastic surgeons play an important role in pediatrics for addressing congenital defects, post-traumatic deformities, skin infectious and benign and malignant tumors. In this episode ,we are going to talk through the most common pediatric plastic surgery referrals from primary ca...

In our series, the Resident Files , we feature the thoughts and work of the talented pediatric residents of Children's Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado School of Medicine. We are joined by Nadia Hoekstra, MD and Joe Zakhar, MD to explore the tenets of how our resident and fellow teams collaborated with leadership from the Children's Colorado Heart Institute to implement a program c...

Today Kerry Reed, NP and host David Brumbaugh, MD talk about constipation management, one of the most common issues in pediatrics.    Kerry is a nurse practitioner in the Digestive Health Institute at Children's Colorado and is Senior Instructor of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.   Do you have questions about this episode or su...

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, 1 in 4 children in the United States are part of an immigrant family unit. By definition, immigrant children are those born outside the United States or who have at least one foreign-born parent. In the last decade, global conflicts have propelled the migration of these families, creating a more diverse migrant population and given rise to divisive...

In this episode we are joined by Sue Apkon, MD and Julie Parsons, MD to discuss the impact cutting edge therapies for neuromuscular disease have had on improving the outcome and quality of life for patients. Sue is the Fischahs Endowed Chair of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine at Children's Colorado and is Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Colorado School of Med...

Last week, the federal government took a final step toward making the Pfizer COVID vaccine available to adolescents in the U.S. when the CDC formally recommended the vaccine for use in children ages 12 to 15. The approval of the vaccine for our adolescent patients is exciting. It also presents a unique opportunity for us, as pediatricians, to spend time engaging with families to address their ques...

Today we are joining Trainees for Child Injury Prevention (T4CIP) for their Day of Action in bringing attention to high-powered magnet injuries in kids and teens. T4CIP is a group of pediatricians and medical trainees from across the country who are passionate about childhood injury prevention. High-powered magnets have caused thousands of injuries and are considered to be among the most dangerous...

Complex patients are increasingly common in primary care and often have poor clinical outcomes. Barriers within our healthcare system challenge effective care for complex patients within our hospital systems, but less is known about the potential impact and meaning of caring for complex patients on a daily basis for primary care providers (PCPs). Today, we are going to talk about improving care fo...

A new podcast from Children's Hospital Colorado. Pediatras En Línea is a weekly podcast in Spanish for pediatric healthcare providers hosted by Carla Torres-Zegarra, MD. In this series, providers from around the globe will discuss the latest treatments and innovations for the delivery of pediatric medicine and the nuanced art of delivering care in their home communities. Watch for the launch on Ma...

Join Dr. Brumbaugh and the Children's Colorado ID Team on May 13 at 6 p.m. MST for the next COVID-19 Provider Town Hall, featuring live Q&A, Register now: https://bit.ly/2RoiezA   It has been almost a month since Pfizer requested to expand use of its COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents ages 12 to 15. The request asks the Food and Drug Administration to amend their vaccine's emergency use authorization...

While statistics indicate that children have largely been spared from the worst effects of COVID-19, little is known about what causes a small percentage of them to develop serious illness. Providers are now reporting the emergence of downstream complications that mimic what's seen in adult "long haulers." In this episode, Dr. Donna Curtis and Dr. Rachel Workman join us as we consider how pediatri...

In the last decade, studies have shown the fundamental role Vitamin D plays in disease and health. Vitamin D deficiency often develops in childhood and is estimated to impact one in 10 U.S. children. Prolonged and untreated vitamin D deficiency can impact multiple organs and functions, but it rarely causes overt symptoms and often goes unnoticed. In this episode, we are joined by Liliane Diab, MD...

The growing prevalence of specialization and year-around training in youth sports has contributed to an increase in bone stress injuries in children. In today's episode we are going to discuss the factors which contribute to stress injuries, including nutrition, hormonal health, age of the athlete and more. Our guests on this episode are Aubrey Armento, MD and Amanda McCarthy, Sports Nutritionist...

This has been a tragic week on top of an already difficult year for us in Colorado. On Tuesday, March 23, a gunman opened fire at a local grocery store in Boulder, killing 10 people; the suspect is a 21-year-old. Our community mourns another mass shooting. As our Charting Pediatrics team grieves with our neighboring community, we are reminded of the critical role that we as pediatricians can play...

Join Dr. Brumbaugh and the Children's Colorado Infectious Diseases team this Thursday, March 25 at 6 p.m. MST for our virtual COVID-19 Town Hall with live Q&A and discussion about the latest developments in the ongoing pandemic and the impact to pediatrics. Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2692793450142707472   Sacral dimples are relatively common and seen in around 2-4% of...

Many of our patients grow up never seeing a character that looks like themselves in a book. In fact, research suggests that 75% of characters in children's books are white. Being able to relate to a character in a book helps entice our early readers that reading is fun and link themselves to the story. Seeing ones-self as the lead character of a book gives our patients an idea of what they might b...

Register for our next COVID-19 Town Hall on March 11 at 6 p.m. MST: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3191284534166093839   COVID-19 has disrupted people's ability to smell, for days or months and has been well-documented at this point in the pandemic, but researchers aren't sure why. Even less is known about the long-term effects on children who have not regained their sense of smell mont...