Charting Pediatrics

The first person to see a child following an eye emergency plays a critical role in preventing and treating an eye injury and subsequent visual loss. A basic, five minute eye exam can help providers determine how urgent an ocular problem is and the appropriate treatment approach. In today's episode Emily McCourt, MD shares clinical pearls to help providers diagnose and triage a child who presents...

Hearing loss is the most common developmental disorder identifiable at birth and its prevalence increases throughout school‐age due to the additions of late‐onset, late identified and acquired hearing loss. Under identification and lack of appropriate management of hearing loss in children has broad effects and impact on educational, cognitive and social development. According to the American Acad...

Register for our next COVID-19 Town Hall - Thursday, February 11 at 6 p.m. MST. Read more about our COVID-19 Town Hall series for pediatric providers here . The number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations are steadily declining in the U.S., signaling we may have turned a corner in the pandemic. And after a challenging start to rolling out the vaccine, about 31.6 million people in the US...

Join our next COVID-19 Provider Town Hall on Thursday, February 11 at 6 p.m. MST: https://bit.ly/3cMwxH5   Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic we have examined various impacts this time has had on the pediatric population. In recent months, the Charting Pediatrics host team has received multiple emails from pediatricians around the globe who are observing increased number of patients struggling with...

Respiratory diseases account for nearly a quarter of all pediatric consultations. And in addition to the usual suspects on our differentials, we now have the consideration of COVID-19. In today's episode, we talk with Ben Hughes, MD about the most common breathing issues during respiratory season, important diagnostic considerations and treatments options. Dr. Hughes is a pediatric pulmonologist a...

New studies from Germany, Norway and the U.S. offer yet more data to show that childcare facilities and elementary schools should remain open or re-open to full-time, in-person learning as quickly as possible. Despite these research findings, schools across the US have largely been closed to in-person learning since the pandemic reached critical mass in the U.S. in March 2020. On today's episode,...

In this episode we are joined by Dr. Debbie Singer and Dr. Paula Riggs to discuss their successful collaboration screening adolescents for substance use disorders, implementing the SBIRE (screening for evaluation) vs SBIRT (referral for treatment) approach, and its rationale and effectiveness in this partnership between primary care pediatrics and psychiatry. Debbie Singer, MD is a primary care pe...

COVID-19 Provider Town Hall: COVID-19 Variants & Vaccine Focus: https://bit.ly/3ndY8Cs on Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 6 p.m. MST. For the last month of the pandemic, hope and excitement have surrounded the COVID vaccination deployment as more than 3 million Americans received their first vaccine dose by the close of 2020. While the pandemic is far from over, there is a sense of hope that the vacc...

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented uncountable challenges for each of us, but as we considered some specific patient populations that have particularly been impacted our kids with autism and developmental delays come to mind. These children are especially vulnerable to the effects of the pandemic due to overall more significant healthcare needs, their dependency on community-based and school-base...

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...