Charting Pediatrics

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Seizure Management (S1:E9) Sep 26, 2017

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In this episode, Amy Brooks-Kayal, MD, discusses acute seizure management. The conversation includes the importance of gathering a detailed history of a seizure event, identifying provocations of a seizure and options for anti-seizure and rescue medications.

Dr. Brooks-Kayal is the Chief of the Pediatric Neurology, Co-Director of the Translational Epilepsy Research Program and past president of the American Epilepsy Society.

In this episode:

Responding to a patient's first seizure
Importance of a detailed history of a seizure event
Identifying provocations of a seizure
Neurological examination
Focal onset versus a generalized seizure
Chances of seizure reoccurrence
Anti-seizure and rescue medications
Managing the anxiety of families
Basic seizure safety
Current research into pediatric epilepsy

Acute Scrotum Pain Management (S1:E8) Sep 19, 2017

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In this episode, Duncan Wilcox, MD, talks about acute scrotum management. The conversation includes the most common indications of acute scrotum and how to differentiate an incarcerated hernia and a hydroceles scrotal trauma.

Dr. Wilcox is the Chair of Pediatric Urology and Surgeon-in-Chief at Children's Colorado. He is also a professor of surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

In this episode:

The most common indications of acute scrotum
The role trauma plays in acute scrotum
How to treat testicular torsion and urgent treatment
Differentiating an incarcerated hernia and a hydroceles scrotal trauma
Why an incarcerated hernia needs to be treated rapidly
The three groups of acute scrotum patients
Long-term outcome for patients living with one testicle

Fidget Spinners and Other Ingested Foreign Objects (S1:E7) Sep 12, 2017

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In this episode, Robert Kramer, MD, talks about the dangers of kids and adolescents swallowing common household toys and a recent case involving ingested fidget spinner parts. Dr. Kramer is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Children's Colorado.

In this episode:

Recent cases of patients ingesting fidget spinner parts
Dangers of ingesting button batteries and other small components
Why magnets represent a special threat for kids
Age groups impacted by incidental ingestion of objects
Batteries ingested into the gastrointestinal tract and how to manage them
Types of injuries that can occur beyond damage to the blood vessels
The importance of getting the battery out as soon as possible after ingestion

Teen Reproductive Health (S1:E6) Sep 05, 2017

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In this episode, Eliza Buyers, MD, talks about reproductive health in teenagers. Dr. Buyers is a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist at Children's Colorado and a senior instructor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

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