Charting Pediatrics

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 epilepsy and a Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics and Neurology.

Dr. Parnes is the Director of the Pediatric Movement of Disorders Clinic and an Assistant Professor of Child Neurology at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.

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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 Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

This episode was recorded on Tuesday, February 11, 2020.

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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 Surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Vice-Chair of the AAP Section on Orthopedics.

This episode was recorded live at the 2019 American Academy of Pediatrics NCE in New Orleans, La.

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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 diagnosis and treat possible gynecologic and non-gynecologic conditions of chronic pelvic pain in the adolescent female with Stephen Scott, MD.

Dr. Scott is the endowed chair of Perinatal Mental Health and a member of the Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology team at Children's Hospital Colorado. Dr. Scott is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

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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 the Chief of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine at Children's Hospital Colorado and a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Professionals Evaluating and Caring for Patients with Suspected E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use, US Department of Health and Human Services/Center for Disease Control and Prevention MMWR - January 3, 2020
• Partnership for Drug-Free Kids: What you Need to Know and How to Talk with Your Kids About Vaping
• CDC: Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with the Use of E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Products
• Previous Charting Pediatrics Episodes about Vaping:
  • E-Cigarettes and Vaping (S2:E23)
  • Vaping Associated Pulmonary Injury (S3:E6)

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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 this episode, Jay Albright, MD joins us as we will look at the ACL tear case of a 16 year-old-female to highlight the diagnosis, treatment and recovery for these patients.

Dr. Albright is the Surgical Director of the Sports Medicine Center at Children's Hospital Colorado and Assistant Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

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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 discuss medication management for pediatric hypertension patients with a pediatric cardiologist, Steve Daniels, MD, PhD and a clinical pharmacist, Dr. Megan Greene.

Dr. Greene is a pediatric clinical pharmacist at Children's Hospital Colorado with a specialization in critical care and kidney and liver transplant pharmaceutical support, and also works in our pediatric hypertension clinic.

Dr. Daniels is the Pediatrician-in-Chief at Children's Hospital Colorado and L. Joseph Butterfield Chair of Pediatrics within the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where he is a professor of pediatrics and epidemiology. He is a cardiologist by training and a sought-out expert in the fields of pediatric hypertension, dyslipidemia, and pediatric nutrition.

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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.

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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 a Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrician whose research focuses on family digital media use, child social/emotional development, and parent-child interaction.

Dr. Rich is the Director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Boston Children's Hospital. He has developed media-based research methodologies and authored numerous papers and AAP policy statements, testified to the United States Congress, and makes regular national press appearances.

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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 person at the 2019 AAP Conference was really a highlight for us. We appreciate you coming by the booth and we love reading the emails and tweets that you send our way. We will be taking the next couple of weeks off from releasing new episodes and will look forward to kicking off our first episode of 2020 on Tuesday, January 7th. Happy Holidays!