School of Surgery

All you need to know about the management of this complex abdominal wall defect of the newborn.
With David Kiely and Shalinder Singh

Learn about pre-operative resuscitation and operative management of pyloric stenosis. Essential listening for anyone who is learning to operate on children.
With David Kiely and Mike John.

All you need to know about the aetiology, history, examination and investigation of pyloric stenosis. Essential listening for anyone who treats children, be you surgeon, paediatrician, ED doctor or GP/family doctor.
With David Kiely, Mike John and those squeaky chairs again

All you need to know about management of the acute scrotum in children.
With David Keily, Mike John and 2 squeaky chairs!

All you need to know about the diagnosis and management of hydrocoele in children. How it is different from hydrocoeles in adults and the central importance of the processus vaginalis, differential diagnosis, investigations and treatment are all covered. Special cases of hydrocoele of the Canal of Nuck and the abdomino-scrotal hydrocoele are also covered, as well as the acute hydrocoele and implications. In addition, learn about the fantastically named "spring back balls sign"!
With David David Keily and Shalinder Singh.

In part 2 of this podcast learn how to deal with emergency presentations of inguinal hernia in children, top tips on how to reduce an inguinal hernia in children, indications and timing of surgery and what to tell parents. Operative approach and special considerations for females with inguinal hernia are also discussed. Essential listening for trainees in paediatric surgery and emergency department doctors.

David Keily is a trainee in paediatric surgery in the East Midlands, UK, and Shalinder Singh is a consultant paediatric surgeon and FRCS(Paed) examiner working at University Hospitals Nottingham, UK

Inguinal hernias are one of the most common conditions in paediatric surgery and this podcast is essential listening for anyone dealing with hernais in children in primary of secondary care. How paediatric hernias different are from adult hernias, predisposing factors for hernia and the central importance of the patient processus vaginalis are discussed, along with presentation, tricks to aid diagnosis in children and the differential diagnosis of lumps on the groin of a child. Complications of inguinal hernia in children are classified and explained.

David Keily is a trainee in paediatric surgery in the East Midlands, UK, and Shalinder Singh is a consultant paediatric surgeon and FRCS(Paed) examiner working at University Hospitals Nottingham, UK

Now you know how much fluid to give, Shalinder Singh tells David Keily what fluid to use and why in a range of settings from trauma to pyloric stenosis to maintenance fluids in children. When and why to use crystalloid or colloid is explained. Side effects of using the wrong fluids are also covered, including acid/base balance problems and ARDS. Essential listening for anyone prescribing IV fluids for children.
David Keily is a trainee in paediatric surgery in the East Midlands, UK, and Shalinder Singh is a consultant paediatric surgeon and FRCS(Paed) examiner working at University Hospitals Nottingham, Uk

Prescribing fluids in paediatric surgical patients can be daunting. This podcast tells you easy to remember ways of recognising the degree of fluid loss, why signs like diastolic hypertension are important and a method of calculating how much fluid to prescribe whatever the age of your patient. David Keily talks to Shalinder Singh about dehydration, on going fluid loss and maintenance fluids in children. After this podcast you will never be daunted again.
David Keily is a trainee in Paediatric Surgery in the East Midlands of the UK, and Shalinder Singh is a consultant Paediatric Surgeon and Examiner for FRCS(Paed) working in University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK

How to recognise and interpret a normal ECG, with Dr. Julia Baron. All you need to know