The adrenal glands are part of your endocrine system and release some really important hormones! Broadly, the cortex produces steroid hormones (i.e. aldosterone, cortisol and androgens) and the medulla produces catecholamines (i.e. adrenaline and noradrenaline). In this episode we discuss the structure and function of the adrenals and the hormones they produce.

Follow us on Instagram @yourekiddingrightdoctors

Our email is [email protected]

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW so you don’t miss out on any pearls of wisdom and RATE if you can to help other people find us!

(This isn’t individual medical advice, please use your own clinical judgement and local guidelines when caring for your patients)

Helicobacter pylori is a bacteria that causes inflammation of the stomach and duodenum lining. It is most often acquired in early childhood and causes some sub-clinical gastritis but usually doesn’t cause overt symptoms until later in life when it can present with peptic ulcers, iron deficiency anaemia and certain cancers. Treatment is with oral antibiotics and a proton pump inhibitor.

Follow us on Instagram @yourekiddingrightdoctors

Our email is [email protected]

(This isn’t individual medical advice, please use your own clinical judgement and local guidelines when caring for your patients)

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe skin and other body system manifestations of immune hypersensitivity, typically in response to medications and, more commonly in kids, infections. They used to be thought of as different conditions but now we think of them as occurring on a spectrum, according to how much of the body surface is affected. Toxic epidermal necrolysis is the most severe disorder in the spectrum, but both TEN and SJS can be fatal if not managed.

Links and resources:

• Follow us on Instagram @yourekiddingrightdoctors
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourekiddingrightpod-107273607638323/

Our email is [email protected]

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW so you don’t miss out on any pearls of wisdom and RATE if you can to help other people find us!

(This isn’t individual medical advice, please use your own clinical judgement and local guidelines when caring for your patients)

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is the process of giving someone their nutrition intravenously. It is given when someone’s digestive tract isn’t working properly so they can’t get their energy/nutrient/fluid needs enterally (via the GIT).

Today we will discuss:

• What is in the PN bags?
• Why someone might need PN
• What are the complications

Follow us on Instagram @yourekiddingrightdoctors

Our email is [email protected]

(This isn’t individual medical advice, please use your own clinical judgement and local guidelines when caring for your patients)

Hypokalaemia is a low serum potassium levels. In paediatrics, see it most commonly in the setting of GI losses, but there are many other causes to be aware of too. The big thing that we worry about with hypokalaemia is the potential development of cardiac arrhythmias, which may be life threatening. 

In this episode, we go through some of the important causes of hypokalaemia, presentation of symptomatic hypokalaemia, investigations to consider, management and more. 

Links and resources:

• Follow us on Instagram @yourekiddingrightdoctors
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourekiddingrightpod-107273607638323/

Our email is [email protected]

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW so you don’t miss out on any pearls of wisdom and RATE if you can to help other people find us!

(This isn’t individual medical advice, please use your own clinical judgement and local guidelines when caring for your patients)

Iron studies can be tricky to interpret – many people struggle with it. Today, we go through what each part of the iron studies mean, how these levels may be impacted, when to do iron studies and when the levels may be spurious.

Links and resources:

• Follow us on Instagram @yourekiddingrightdoctors
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourekiddingrightpod-107273607638323/

Our email is [email protected]

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW so you don’t miss out on any pearls of wisdom and RATE if you can to help other people find us!

(This isn’t individual medical advice, please use your own clinical judgement and local guidelines when caring for your patients)

Bilious vomiting in any child or baby is an urgent matter requiring further workup and management as a matter of priority. This is because bilious vomiting is an initial sign of intestinal obstruction, and a missed obstruction could have catastrophic consequences. 

In this episode, we focus on bilious vomiting in neonates, which is a presentation that comes up not infrequently in nurseries, postnatal wards and NICUs everywhere. 

Links and resources:

• Follow us on Instagram @yourekiddingrightdoctors
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourekiddingrightpod-107273607638323/

Our email is [email protected]

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW so you don’t miss out on any pearls of wisdom and RATE if you can to help other people find us!

(This isn’t individual medical advice, please use your own clinical judgement and local guidelines when caring for your patients)

In this episode we discuss:

• Developmental milestones
• Red flags
• Primitive reflexes
• Feeding
• Sleep
• Weight
• Growth
• Teething

• Follow us on Instagram @yourekiddingrightdoctors
• Our email is [email protected]

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW so you don’t miss out on any pearls of wisdom and RATE if you can to help other people find us!

(This isn’t individual medical advice, please use your own clinical judgement and local guidelines when caring for your patients)

Trisomy 21, or Down Syndrome, is the most common chromosomal abnormality in live births. Some of the most common issues associated with it are cardiac defects, intellectual disability and low muscle tone. Overall, prognosis has come a very long way in the past few decades. 

Follow us on Instagram @yourekiddingrightdoctors

Our email is [email protected]

(This isn’t individual medical advice, please use your own clinical judgement and local guidelines when caring for your patients)

Acute otitis media is an extremely common infection in kids - 75% of children have at least one episode by school age. In fact, 50% of kids have had at least 3 episodes of AOM by the time they are 3 years. Generally, it doesn't require antibiotic therapy, but there are some cases in which antibiotic therapy is recommended. 

In this episode, we go through the presentation, pathophysiology, relevant anatomy, aetiology, complications, management and more!

Links and resources:

• Follow us on Instagram @yourekiddingrightdoctors
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourekiddingrightpod-107273607638323/

Our email is [email protected]

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW so you don’t miss out on any pearls of wisdom and RATE if you can to help other people find us!

(This isn’t individual medical advice, please use your own clinical judgement and local guidelines when caring for your patients)