PedsCases: Pediatric Education Online
Pediatric educational resource developed by learners for learners. Founded at the University of Alberta. Podcasts, Videos, Infographics, Cases.

This podcast covers acute rheumatic fever, including the classification criteria, epidemiology and etiology, clinical presentations, differential diagnosis, investigations, and differences between primary and secondary management.  This podcast was developed by Mahabba Smoka, a medical student at the University of Alberta and Dr. Dax Rumsey, a Pediatric Rheumatologist at the University of Alberta and Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Canada.

Direct download: ARF_Survey.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 4:22pm MDT

This podcast will provide an approach to nasolacrimal duct obstruction. This podcast was written by Bo Bao, a medical student at the University of Alberta, in conjunction with Dr. Natashka Pollock, a pediatric opthalmologist at the Stollery Children's Hospital. After listening to this podcast, the learner should be able to: define nasolacrimal duct obstruction, develop a differential diagnosis for an infant with persistent tearing, recognize the clinical signs and symptoms of nasolacrimal duct obstruction, and discuss management of patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction. 

Direct download: nasolacrimal_duct_survey.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 5:16pm MDT

Ce podcast révisera l’énoncé de principe de la Société canadienne de pédiatrie et discutera du diagnostic et des investigations appropriées pour le retard global de développement (RGD) et le handicap intellectuel (HI). Il a été créé par Dre. Meghan Pike, résidente en pédiatrie de deuxième année au IWK Health Centre à l'Université Dalhousie à Halifax, sous la direction du Dre Stacey Bélanger, pédiatre du développement à l’Université de Montréal et de Dre Joannie Caron, pédiatre ayant complété une formation complémentaire en pédiatrie du développement à L’Université de Montréal.

Direct download: Podcast_-_RGD_et_HI_.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:58pm MDT

This podcast will go over the new Canadian Paediatric Society position statement on this topic and discuss the diagnosis and management of global developmental delay and intellectual disability. This podcast was created by Dr. Meghan Pike, a second year Paediatrics resident at the IWK Health Centre at Dalhousie University in Halifax, under the guidance of Dr. Stacey Belanger, a Child Development Specialist at the University of Montreal and Dr. Joannie Caron, a general paediatrician who completed a fellowship in Developmental Paediatrics at the University of Montreal.

Direct download: GDD__ID.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:51pm MDT

This podcast gives an overview of the risk factors, signs and symptoms, management and prognosis of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). It was developed by Carina Lauzon, a third-year medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Marc-Antoine Landry, a neonatologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.

Direct download: Hypoxic_Ischemic_Encephalopathy.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:48pm MDT

Cette baladodiffusion a pour but de résumer le document de principe de 2011 de la Société canadienne de pédiatrie (SCP) sur la prise en charge de la pneumonie complexe; elle a été créée par Colleen O’Connor, une étudiante de troisième année à l’Université Dalhousie à Halifax, en Nouvelle-Écosse, en collaboration avec PedsCases et la SCP. Cette baladodiffusion fut développée avec l’appui de Dr. Tania Wong, une pédiatre générale au IWK Health Centre à Halifax, ainsi que Dr. Thea Chibuk, une pédiatre générale au Stollery Children’s Hospital à Edmonton et l’auteure principale de ce document de principe.

Direct download: Pneumonie_complexe.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:33pm MDT

This podcast summarizes the 2011 Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) statement on the management of complicated pneumonia in children and youth and was created by Colleen O’Connor, a third-year medical student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in collaboration with PedsCases and the CPS. This podcast was developed with support from Dr. Tania Wong, a General Pediatrician at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax as well as Dr. Thea Chibuk, a General Pediatrician at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton and the lead author of this position statement.

Direct download: Complicated_Pneumonia_-_PedsCases-CPS.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 1:59pm MDT

This podcast presents an approach to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Listeners will learn about the definition, pathophysiology, and management of ARDS. This podcast was developed by Dr. Michael Prodanuk, a Pediatrics resident at the University of Toronto, with the help of Dr. Tanya Holt and Dr. Gregory Hansen, both Pediatric Intensivists at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon and University of Saskatchewan.

Direct download: ARDS_Podcast.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:34pm MDT