Charting Pediatrics

In this episode, we are going to discuss practical ways primary care providers can protect their own mental health needs and also deliver meaningful mental health support to their patients and families during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Mental health; never has there been a more crucial time for our primary care providers to talk openly about finding creative and innovative ways to support the m...

In this episode, we are going to talk to the Telehealth team at Children's Hospital Colorado and share how primary care providers could operationalize the delivery of care through telehealth quickly to help navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and looking to the future post-pandemic.   For all the reasons that COVID-19 has turned our personal and professional lives upside down, it has positively acceler...

As the COVID-19 global pandemic has entered its third week, our healthcare providers are realizing the dramatic impact this has had on how we deliver care. Our lives have been touched not only professionally, but certainly personally as well. The uncertainty that this pandemic has driven into our lives is equally matched by the resiliency and ingenuity of our healthcare providers and larger commun...

In this episode we talk with Todd Carpenter, MD and Cameron Gunville, DO about drivers behind general growth in pediatric critical care bed occupancy that has outpaced the general inpatient population; the most important critical care interventions in the last 10 years that has benefited children and the important outcome metrics that define success in pediatric critical care. Dr. Carpenter is the...

Kids are notorious for exploring small objects and putting them up their nose, in their ear or swallowing them. Some ingestions like button batteries and small, b-b sized magnets are potentially life-threatening for children and adolescents. Catastrophic and fatal injuries can occur when the object becomes lodged in the esophagus, where injury can extend beyond the esophagus to the trachea or aort...

Coronavirus. COVID-19. Since we last recorded the podcast the World Health Organization has named COVID-19 a global pandemic.   We have previously covered the clinical presentation of the coronavirus in pediatrics and what providers should do if their clinical suspension is high – you can go back and listen to both of those discussions on Season 3, Episodes 31 and 36 .   Given the rapidly changing...

There are many great things about living in rural communities. Across a broad range of healthcare indicators though, our children in rural America are doing more poorly urban areas — higher all-cause mortality rates, higher disability rates, higher rates of obesity and higher risks for suicide and unintentional injury. More than 50% of rural counties in the United States do not have a pediatrician...

Coronavirus. COVID-19. It is safe to say that this virus is on the minds of people across the globe and there is increased anxiety among the general public who are seeking guidance from their healthcare providers. And many healthcare providers are looking to their regional healthcare centers and the local/national health authorities for guidance – this is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation. I...

In this episode we have the privilege of welcoming Rachel Moon, MD back to the podcast to discuss the importance of social networks, social norms and attitudes in infant care practice decisions. Dr. Moon first joined us on Charting Pediatrics at the 2018 AAP Conference, you can go back and listen to Dr. Brumbaugh's interview with her on Infant Safe Sleep Practices on Season 2, Episode 13 .  Dr. Mo...

State-level vaccination advocacy is the topic of today's podcast with Zach Zaslow, Director of Government Affairs at Children's Hospital Colorado. Colorado's current vaccination rate for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine among kindergarteners is 87.4%, one of the lowest in the nation. After more than 15 hours of testimony in committee hearing on February 19, Colorado Senate Bill 163, which ai...

There are few things that are more frustrating to parents and young patients than issues involving chronic constipation and involuntary defecation. These issues often have a significant negative impact on the quality of life for the child and the family. In today's episode we are going to talk through the key features, diagnostic evaluation and treatment for fecal incontinence in children with And...

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 Academy of Pediatrics NCE in New Orleans with Mered Parnes, MD and Shavonee Massey, MD, MSCE . Dr. Massey is is a pediatric neurologist in the Division of Neurology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, specializing in the care of children with...

What do you need to know about COVID-19 ? In this special episode we are joined by Sam Dominguez, MD to discuss the clinical presentation of the coronavirus in pediatrics, what providers should do if their clinical suspicion is high, and updated epidemiology of the situation. Dr. Dominguez is a pediatric infectious disease physician at Children's Hospital Colorado and Associate Professor of Pediat...

In this episode we dive in to the topic of medical missions, specifically surgical and perioperative care in resource-limited settings, with Brian Shaw, MD . Dr. Shaw is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon from Children's Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs Hospital , Chief of the Section of Pediatric Surgery at Memorial Hospital for Children in Colorado Springs, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surge...

Pelvic pain most often involves the gastrointestinal or the urinary systems in pre-pubertal girls. However, during late adolescence, gynecologic conditions become more prevalent as etiologies for pelvic pain. Dysmenorrhea and noncyclic pelvic pain are common in adolescents and the management of chronic pelvic pain is often more complex than in adult women. In today's episode we will discuss how to...

Earlier this fall we shared a special episode to update providers about the growing associations between vaping and more acute, severe lung injury called Vaping Associated Pulmonary Injury – you can listen to that content from Season 3, Episode 6 . Today we are going to circle back to this topic with Robin Deterding, MD , and discuss its rapid evolution during the recent months. Dr. Deterding is t...

With Super Bowl season upon us we wanted to use the occasion to examine a common sports injury seen in our pediatric patient population – ACL injury and treatment. An ACL tear was once an injury exclusive to professional or elite athletes, but the growing prevalence of specialization and year-around training in youth sports has contributed to a large rise in ACL tears in pediatric patients. In thi...

Last season on the podcast we discussed the initial diagnosis and lifestyle management of hypertension in pediatric patients. If you have not had the opportunity to listen to that episode, go back and check out Season 2, Episode 36 as it will set the back drop for today's discussion as we dive more specifically into medication management for pediatric hypertension patients. In this episode we disc...

In this episode we discuss the history of vaccines and religion with Josh Williams, MD . For a discussion about today's anti-vaccination climate, listen to S3:E17, Peter Hotez, MD, PhD: Physician-Scientist, Pediatrician, Advocate . Dr. Williams is a Pediatrician at Denver Health Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Do you have th...

Is social media good or bad? How much or how little screen time should kids and adolescents have each day? What is the impact of screen time? What kind of digital footprint or reputation are parents creating for their children? These questions and more are covered with our guests Jenny Radesky, MD and Michael Rich, MD who discuss social media and its impact on patients and families. Dr. Radesky is...

On behalf of the Charting Pediatrics team, we would like to wish you Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year! 2019 has been a year of explosive growth for the podcast. We went from averaging 8,000 monthly downloads in January to more than 33,000 monthly downloads last month. Thank you to each one of you for listening and sharing the podcast with your colleagues. Connecting with some of you in per...

On behalf of the Charting Pediatrics team, we would like to wish you Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year! 2019 has been a year of explosive growth for the podcast. We went from averaging 8,000 monthly downloads in January to more than 33,000 monthly downloads last month. Thank you to each one of you for listening and sharing the podcast with your colleagues. Connecting with some of you in per...

In this episode we are fortunate to be talking with Bernard Dreyer, MD from the New York University School of Medicine discussing school and health care provider partnerships that have been successful in addressing effects of childhood poverty. Dr. Dreyer is past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) having served as the 2016 AAP president. Dr. Dreyer is a general and development-b...

In this episode we have the pleasure to talking with Adiaha Spinks-Franklin, MD from Texas Children's Hospital about strategies to help sleepless teens. Dr. Spikes-Franklin is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Texas Children's Hospital and the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Dr. Spinks-Franklin's research interests are in the areas of the cultural aspect of child development. Her previou...

Substance use among adolescents is pervasive and commonly encountered in primary care pediatrics. According to the most recent Monitoring the Future Study published in 2018, opioid misuse among teens and marijuana use remains stable while vaping device use is climbing to record numbers. The general approach to the assessment and treatment of adolescents with substance use disorders is similar in s...