PedsCases: Pediatric Education Online

This podcast will discuss Pain Assessment and Management for Children, this is a CPS Podcast. The podcast was created by Dr. Alexis Fong-Leboeuf, a PGY3 Pediatric Resident at Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre. This podcast was created in collaboration with Dr. Evelyne Trottier, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, Dre Marie Joelle Doré-Bergeron, a pediatrician specializing in chr...

This video is the first in a two-part series that presents an approach to family history and pedigree. In this video, viewers will be able to describe the utility of the family history based on the clinical context, recognize common symbols and notations used to construct genetic pedigrees, and draw an accurate genetic pedigree from a completed family history form. This podcast was developed by Er...

This podcast will give you an approach to staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS), a blistering skin infection that is seen mainly in infants and young children. The podcast was created by Jasmine Gill, a third year medical student at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Melanie Lewis, a Professor and General Pediatrician from the Stollery Children's Hospital.

This podcast will discuss Post Streptococcal Reactive Arthritis (PSRA) in the pediatric population. The podcast was created by Shinia Van a third-year medical student at the University of Alberta. Under the guidance of Dr. Lillian Lim, an Assistant Professor in Pediatric Rheumatology at the Stollery Children's Hospital and will cover clinical presentation of PSRA, investigations, management and po...

This podcast describes the different types of transfusion reactions, their pathogenesis, and clinical presentations as well as provides an approach to assessing and managing patients with acute transfusion reactions. It was created by Bryan Ng and Justin Park medical students at University of British Columbia in collaboration with Dr. Kate Chipperfield, the Head of the Division of Hematopathology...

This podcast will discuss Diabetes Insipidus. The podcast was developed by Harleen Cheema, a medical student at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Rosolowsky, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta.

This podcast will discuss the different categories, presentation, risk factors, management and outcomes of pediatric strokes. It was developed my Miriam Maes, a 4th year medical student at Queen's University with the help of Dr. Morrison-Levy, a pediatric neurologist and Assistant Professor at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

This podcast will discuss an approach to drowning in the pediatric population. The podcast was created by Angie Salomon, a 4th year medical student at Queen's University and Dr. David Jerome, a rural family physician with faculty positions at NOSM University and the University of Alberta

This podcast explores the clinical features of hypocalcemia as well as etiologies, investigations and initial management plan. It was developed by  Dr. Madeline Parker a pediatrics resident at the University of Saskatchewan and Dr. Munier Nour a pediatric endocrinologist at Jim Patterson Children's Hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

This podcast will discuss an approach to vocal cord dysfunction in children. The podcast was created by Aleena Amjad Hafeez, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Alberta, Caseng Zhang, a third-year undergraduate student at McMaster University, and Dr. Elizabeth Anne Hicks. A pediatric pulmonologist at the Stollery Children's Hospital.  

This episode outlines an approach to systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Listeners will learn the classification criteria, clinical features, and complications of systemic JIA as well as the role of a general pediatrician in its management. This podcast was developed by Dr. Rebecca Quilty, a pediatrics resident at Memorial University of Newfoundland in collaboration with Dr. Ronald Laxer...

This podcast discuss an overview and approach to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in COVID-19, also known as [MIS-C]. The podcast was created by Mia Voyatzis, a second-year medical student at the University of Alberta, with the guidance of Dr. Lillian Lim, an Assistant Professor in Pediatric Rheumatology at the Stollery Children's Hospital of the U...

This podcast explores the presentation, diagnosis and management of pediatric migraines. This podcast was developed by Caitlin Goedhart, a fourth year medical student at the University of Alberta in collaboration with Dr. Jessica Foulds, a pediatric hospitalist, and Dr. Janette Mailo, a pediatric neurologist, who both work at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.

This podcast will discuss the CPS Practice Point "Evaluating and optimizing bone health in children with chronic health conditions." This podcast was developed by Dr. Nehal Shata, a Complex Care fellow at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, and Dr. Celia Rodd, who is the lead author of this statement and a Professor at the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Man...

This podcast presents an overview of genetic testing technologies. This is part 3 of a 3-part series on genetic disorders. This episode will describe four types of genetic testing technologies, describe the advantages and disadvantages of direct-to-consumer genetic testing, and discuss personalized medicine. This podcast was developed by Rozlyn Boutin a senior medical student at the University of...

This video presents an overview of genetic testing technologies. This is part 3 of a 3-part series on genetic disorders. This episode will describe four types of genetic testing technologies, describe the advantages and disadvantages of direct-to-consumer genetic testing, and discuss personalized medicine. This podcast was developed by Rozlyn Boutin a senior medical student at the University of Br...

This podcast on the pathophysiology, clinical presentation and ocular manifestations of Sturge Weber syndrome was developed by Miles Jaques, a fourth-year medical student at the University of British Columbia with Dr. Jennifer Ling, an ophthalmology resident at the University of British Columbia, and Dr. Gardiner, a pediatric ophthalmologist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.

This podcast provides an overview of deep neck infections with a focus on the 3 most common deep neck infections: peritonsillar abscess, retropharyngeal abscess and parapharyngeal infections. It provides an approach to describing the relevant anatomy and pathophysiology of deep neck infections, recognizing the typical clinical presentation of deep neck infections, and explaining the initial steps...

This podcast will discuss the approach to a newborn born to a mother with limited antenatal care.  It will review the components of antenatal care, identify investigations to consider for the mother and newborn, and the optimal timeline for the investigations. The podcast was created by Surabhi Sivaratnam, a fourth-year medical student at the McMaster University, with the support of Dr. Matthew Pu...

This CPS Podcast will discuss Neurofibromatosis Type 1 or NF1, a congenital neuro-oculocutaneous disease and its possible neurologic, ophthalmic, and cutaneous manifestations. The podcast was created by Miles Jaques, a fourth-year medical student at the University of British Columbia with the support of Dr. Jennifer Ling, an ophthalmology resident at the University of British Columbia, and Dr. Gar...

This podcast presents an overview of slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). It will cover the basic anatomy of growth plates in addition to the clinical presentation, differential diagnoses, investigations, treatments and complications of SCFE. It was developed by Reva Qiu, a second-year medical student at McMaster University, and Dr. Waleed Kishta, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at the McMaste...

This podcast is part 1 of a 2-part series intended to introduce the listener to peripheral intravenous insertion in the pediatric patient. This podcast will review some key differences between doing procedures in children compared to adults, and how those differences guide our approach to placing peripheral IVs in kids. It will discuss considerations specific to working with children that will bot...

This podcast will review a pediatric and ophthalmic emergency: retinoblastoma. We will review the pathophysiology, pertinent history and physical examination findings, appropriate investigations, and management of retinoblastoma. This podcast has been created by Ojas Srivastava, 3 rd year medical student, Kim Papp, 2 nd year medical student, Dr. Meghan Smith, Chief Ophthalmology Resident, and Dr....

This podcast presents an overview of acquired heart failure in children including etiologies, clinical manifestations, and diagnostic evaluation. This podcast was created by Umairah Boodoo, a medical student at McMaster University in collaboration with Dr. Tapas Mondal, a pediatric Cardiologist at McMaster University.

This podcast on breastfeeding was developed by Jennifer Butler, a medical student at McMaster's School of Medicine in Ontario for pedcases.com, with guidance from Dr. Melanie Lewis, Professor and Pediatrician in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta.