Talking Pediatrics

We just surpassed the 200,000 mark with fatalities related to COVID-19 and while all medical minds are on the pandemic, there is another illness that claims over 200,000 lives each year, including thousands of children.....Sepsis. What do you know about Sepsis? Can you recognize the signs? What are your first steps in treatment? In recognition of Sepsis Awareness month, join guest host Dr. Gabi Hester and our experts, Dr. Jennifer Workman and Melanie Kuelbs, Clinical Nurse Specialist, to find out how much you really know about this not so uncommon pediatric illness.

Guest host James Burroughs, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, interviews Infection Prevention nurse Adriene Thornton, RN about her path to nursing, the differences between health inequities and health disparities and how communities of color are disproportionately impacted by infections like the COVID-19 pandemic. Adriene also describes what steps we can take to improve care for all of our patients to ensure an equitable future in healthcare.

As kids head back to school this year, so much has changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some kids will go back in person, some will enter a hybrid model and some will do distance or remote learning. Learn from Dr. Sarah Jerstad, Associate Clinical Director of Psychological Services, how the different learning models will impact kids mental and developmental health, what to watch for and how to best support the kids and families as they head back to school.

On our previous episode, Pediatric COVID Mystery Illness: MIS-C, we learned about the presentation and workup of the new inflammatory syndrome in kids associated with SARS CoV-2. On this episode, Dr. Gabi Hester digs deeper with guests Dr. Tamara Pozos. Children's Immunologist, Dr. Kate Garland, Pediatric Hematologist and Dr. Bradford Chu, Pediatric Cardiologist, to help us understand the management of kids with MIS-C and how to optimize their clinical outcomes.

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the United States, we began to hear case reports of an unusual inflammatory syndrome showing up in kids who had been infected with or exposed to the COVID-19 virus. With symptoms that are similar to Kawasaki Disease, with a few distinct differences, our Children’s Immunologist Tamara Pozos, MD, and Emergency Room physician Kelly Robert Bergmann, DO, MS, discuss Dr. Gabi Hester the presenting signs and symptoms and the diagnostic workup of what we now know as MIS-C.

We talk with James Burroughs, chief equity & inclusion officer, and Gabi Hester, MD, MS, medical director clinical outcomes, about their passions and paths to pediatrics as we get to know these hosts who will lead us through discussions around health equity and inclusion (James) and clinical care guidelines (Dr. Hester).

Anu Kalaskar, MD, medical director of infectious diseaseand Patsy Stinchfield, APRN, CNP, senior director infection control at Children's Minnesota share updates on considerations for sending kids back to school this fall, including how to answer questions from worried parents, as well as what we can expect with the impending fall and winter viral season. We also cover the latest developments on a COVID-19 vaccine, when it will be available and what this will mean for the pandemic.

Anu Kalaskar, MD, medical director of infectious disease and Patsy Stinchfield, APRN, CNP, senior director infection control at Children's Minnesota share updates on national epidemiology trends, what to look for when kids contract COVID-19, what we know about COVID-19 transmission in kids and when to test (and when NOT to test) kids for COVID-19.

Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd, Chief Education Officer at Children's Minnesota and host of Talking Pediatrics introduces our new clinical podcast and gives a sneak preview into what you can expect as we partner with you in the care of your pediatric patients.