The Peds NP: Pearls of Pediatric Evidence-Based Practice

Primary care implications of cardiac disease in children (S2 Ep. 18)

Patients with acute diagnoses often start, and always end, in primary care.  Today we discuss primary care implications of cardiac disease in children.

References:

AAP. (2017). Clinical Practice Guideline for Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics, 140(3), e20171904.

McCrindle, B.W., Rowley, A.H., Newburger, J.W., Burns, J.C., Bolger, A.F., Gewitz, M., … & Pahl, E. (2017). Diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of Kawasaki Disease: A scientific statement for health professionals from the American Heart Association. Circulation, 135, e927-e999.

Is this kid sick? (S2 Ep. 17)

What's the difference between a pediatric patient who needs an LP and one that goes home?  Find out on today's episode as we pick apart the presentation of fever without source.

The Sixth Vital Sign (S2 Ep. 16)

What is one of the unique features of pediatric health care?  Monitoring their growth!  Join us today as we discuss important primary and acute care issues surrounding pediatric growth.

Decision making in respiratory diseases (S2 Ep. 15)

Diagnosis is the easy part.  Deciding whether to send the comfortably tachypneic bronchiolitic is the hard part.  Join us today as we unpack how to make that very decision and hear some pearls on supportive care.

Illness scripts (S2 Ep. 14)

Join us today as we discuss how to identify acute disease by recognizing illness scripts written in test questions or in the medical record, then apply these concepts beyond the classroom.

Lend me your ears! (S2 Ep. 13)

Prick up your ears for this week's discussion on some favorite principles at The Peds NP.  We use acute otitis media as an example of taking it back to the patho and spending an extra 5 minutes teaching the parents.  

Unpacking the ddx (S2 Ep. 12)

Join us as we unpack the ddx and discuss common and severe problems of the eye in pediatric patients.  Later, we talk about journal club reviews of the literature and note one of my favorite ways to appraise an article.  

Head to toe (S2 Ep. 11)

Join us as we pick apart the pieces of a well child check and discuss the ideal head-to-toe exam.

Feedback is a gift (S2 Ep. 10)

As my primary care pediatrics students finish their first week of class, we review some questions on the newborn and discuss some key principles of clinical notes to get ready for next week.

How to call a consult (S1 Ep. 9)

In this episode of The Peds NP we use a bad example of calling a consult to demonstrate "what not to do" before discussing some good examples and help to develop the critical skill of asking a clinical question.