Two Paeds In A Pod

2 PAEDS IN A POD Episode 87 | Second Thoughts on Sugar Gel Released: 5th July 2026 | Runtime: ~20 minutes ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ EPISODE SUMMARY This episode opens with the school-age follow-up of the hPOD trial, which found that a single prophylactic dose of dextrose gel given to at-risk newborns made no difference to neurocognitive function at six to seven years and was linked...

EPISODE SUMMARY This episode leads on a problem every acute paediatric unit now lives with: the child in mental health crisis admitted to a general children's ward while waiting for specialist care. A new UK consensus study sets out sixteen practical, risk-stratified strategies that a non-specialist team can use to keep these young people safer. The second story turns to the forearm fracture, with...

2 PAEDS IN A POD Episode 85 | The Trouble With Boluses Released: 07/06/2026 | Runtime: ~20 minutes EPISODE SUMMARY This episode leads on fluid in childhood sepsis. A new multicentre cohort from Australia and New Zealand found that mortality rose with the volume of bolus fluid given in the first day, but not with the total volume of fluid — a finding set alongside the recently published PRoMPT BOLU...

2 PAEDS IN A POD Episode 84 | The Febrile Infant Lottery Released: 24/5/2026 | Runtime: ~20 minutes ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ EPISODE SUMMARY ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This episode opens with a large London study showing that the care a febrile young infant receives depends heavily on which hospital they attend, with full adherence to national guidance achieved in only one in...

2 Paeds in a Pod Show Notes — Episode 83 Knife Crime, Febrile Infants, and What's Caught My Eye Released: May 2026 | Runtime: ~20 minutes In this episode, Ian covers what's caught his eye in the paediatric literature this fortnight. The main story looks at a landmark national review of child deaths from knife wounds in England — and what it means for those of us working in paediatric emergency and...

Clinical Question In children presenting with acute severe asthma, does intravenous aminophylline improve meaningful clinical outcomes compared to standard therapy? ⸻ Background IV aminophylline has historically been used as a second-line infusion in severe paediatric asthma. However, contemporary escalation strategies increasingly prioritise: • Oxygen • High-dose nebulised salbutamol • Systemic c...

In this episode we talk to Dr Etimbuk Umana, the lead author of the FIDO study looking at the management of febrile infants in the Emergency Department. FIDO is a PERUKI sponsored study and was recently published in The Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00540-6/fulltext

2 Paeds returns with a fresh new look, new in association with team at PERUKI. In our first collaboration we talk to Dr Charlotte Sloane about the current major PERUKI project - establishing the current research priorities for the next 5 years in paediatric emergency medicine. If you want to get involved go to www.peruki.org.uk or email Charlotte at csloane04@qub.ac.uk You can also watch us on You...

We talk to Dr Tom Jackson about his article in Archives of Disease in Childhood looking at the use of Dexmedetomidine as a sedative agent fro children undergoing MRI scans in a district general hospital. Is it better the NICE recommended medications? Article can be found here: https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2022/03/10/archdischild-2021-322734

There are so many infant milks and formulae available that it can be confusing to healthcare professionals, let alone parents. Where did they come from, what do they contain and what about specialist prescription-only formulae. Host Dr Ashley Reece takes a deep dive into all these issues with our special guest Bahee Van de Bor - dietician and spokesperson of the British Dietetic Association. You c...

We are all busy professionals with lots to do in a very limited amount of time, so why should we be concerned about climate change? That's nothing to do with paediatricians surely? Dr Katie Knight explains why its everything to do with paediatricians and the number one public health emergency for our patients not just tomorrow but today.

We are joined by Dr Lucie Etheridge and Julia Avery to discuss their recent article in the October 2021 edition of 'Archives of Disease in Childhood' looking at whether magnesium supplementation is helpful in adolescents with migraine.

We are really proud to introduce another episode from our Advanced Practitioner team, this time from the ANNPs. Rhian Smith, Becky Joyce and Dr Vicky Payne discuss the past, present and future of Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners in the UK.

In this week's pod we chat to Dr Katie McKinnon about the value of limiting screen time in children with concussion. Dr McKinnon is the lead author of an article in this July's edition of ADC that looked at whether the advice we often give about limiting screen time in concussion has any basis in evidence.

In this week's episode we talk to Jessica Talbot and Lucy Brown who are both specialist registrars in paediatric dentistry. What should you do about an avulsed tooth, is tooth decay as big a problem in the UK as we think it is, and how can dentistry help in child protection? I also learn why you should never rinse after brushing...

All paediatricians are lovely cuddly people, right? Well sadly the data suggests rudeness, incivility and unprofessional behaviour remain prevalent in the health workplace. In this episode Dr Ashley Reece, Consultant Paediatrician from West Hertfordshire Hospital, talks to Dr Anna Baverstock, Consultant Paediatrician from Musgrove Park Hospital in Somerset, about when rudeness can occur in our wor...

In the third in our series of ACP podcast specials, Emma Hudson, Chris White and Laura Lee, Advanced Practitioners in Derby, Nottingham and Norfolk and Norwich Children's Emergency Departments discuss their roles and the unique set of skills that ACPs bring to the ED.

Prescribing for children and young people can be one fo the most challenging aspects for healthcare professionals new to paediatrics. In this episode Ashey Reece, Consultant paediatrician at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, and Sumiah Al-Azeib, Lead Pharmacist for Women and Children's services at Medway Hospital Kent, take a deep dive into medicines for children and their top prescribing ti...

Back in January we were delighted to chat with Dr Camilla Kingdon, the RCPCH President Elect to discuss her vision for the future of the College and plans for when she becomes President in May

Safety netting is a crucial component of care within the Emergency Department but often there is very little teaching on how to do it well. In this week's episode Chris White, an Advanced Clinical Practitioner from Nottingham talks to Dr Edward Snelson, a PEM Consultant from Sheffield, about why that might be the case and how we can all improve our safety-netting skills.

We are getting a bit meta this week as we take a look at podcasts themselves. Nice to listen to, but are they of any educational value? Two new voices discuss this as we introduce Dr Adriel Chen - a Foundation Doctor with an interest in Paediatrics, and Dr Ashley Reece - Consultant Paediatrician, medical educator and RCPCH Officer for Assessment.

In the UK, the coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on many aspects of health inequalities. None more so than the issue of food poverty and its effects on child health. In this episode we talk to Dr Ian Sinha, Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at Alder Hay Hospital, about what we mean by food poverty and what paediatricians can do about it.

In the second of our special ACP podcasts, Liz Jemmett, a Paediatric ACP from Salford, and guests talk us through the pathway to becoming an Advanced Practitioner. Essential listening for anyone thinking about the role, as well as some top tips for the old hands!

In our first podcast of 2021, Drs Damian Roland and Ally Monroe discuss New Variant COVID-19. What does this mean and what are the implications for paediatrics?

In our final podcast of 2020 we cover a topic much loved by never quite completely understood by many of us, Kawasaki Disease. We talk to Professor Robert Tulloh, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist from Bristol who brilliantly and simply explains everything you could want to know about this condition and the man after whom it is named.