In this post, I link to the PedsCases resources I use to review Pediatric Nutrition.
Published: Sep 07, 2020
This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on neonatal hypoglycemia. It gives an overview of risk factors, signs & symptoms, and prevention techniques, as well as a screening and management algorithm. It was created by Mekala Neelakantan, a medical student at the Western Michigan University, with the help of Dr. Janet Lioy at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Published: Jul 05, 2021
This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on an approach to infant feeding (up to the first 12 months of life), including when to introduce allergenic and complementary foods, as well as pasteruized milk. It was developed by Michelle Schneeweiss, a medical student at McMaster University, in collaboration with Dr. Jason Silverman, a pediatric gastroenterologist at the Univerisity of Alberta.
Maintenance IV Fluids: Avoiding Hyponatremia
Published: May 07, 2020
This PedsCases Note provides a one-page handout on avoiding hyponatremia when prescribing maintenance IV fluids in children. Based on the CPS Practice Point guideline of the same topic, it outlines several causes and consequences of acute hyponatremia and provides recommendations to avoid the risk of hyponatremia.
Breastfeeding and Infant Formulas
Published: Jun 28, 2021
This PedsCases Note provides a one-page summary of best practices regarding breastfeeding and infant formula preparation. It reviews the benefits, challenges, and contraindications to breastfeeding, and compares the different types of commercial formula available.
Approach to Nutrition Support: Tube Feeding
Published: Nov 20, 2020
This podcast presents an approach to the management of nutrition support in children as it pertains to tube feeding. Listeners will learn the indications, routes of administration, and formula types used in tube feeding. It also reviews writing nutrition orders and complications.
Approach to Nutrition Support: Tube Feeding
by Sierra.Casey Nov 20, 2020
This podcast presents an approach to the management of nutrition support in children as it pertains to tube feeding. Listeners will learn the indications, routes of administration, and formula types used in tube feeding. It also reviews writing nutrition orders and complications. The podcast was developed by Sierra Casey, a medical student at the University of Alberta, with the help of Dr. Jason Silverman, a pediatric gastroenterologist at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Alberta.
Related Content
- Podcast: Infant nutrition from 6 to 24 months
Infant Nutrition from Birth to 6 months
by Keon.ma Dec 11, 2017
This podcast series on infant nutrition has been developed by medical student Keon Ma, with the help of our very own Dr. Melanie Lewis. Dr. Lewis is a is a general pediatrician and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta and Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. This episode presents an approach to infant nutrition in the birth to 6 months age group. Stay tuned for the next episode in this series which will review nutrition in the 6 months to 24 months age group.
Related Content:
- Podcast: Infant Nutrition from 6 to 24 months
- Podcast: Failure to Thrive
- Case: Poor weight gain in 2 month old
Infant Nutrition from 6 to 24 months
by Keon.ma Dec 22, 2017
This is the second podcast in the series on infant nutrition which has been developed by medical student Keon Ma, with the help of Dr. Melanie Lewis. Dr. Lewis is a general pediatrician and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta and Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. This episode presents an approach to infant nutrition in the 6 to 24 months age group including when and what complementary foods should be introduced, the role of breastfeeding, the prevention of iron deficiency and food allergies, and the role of responsive feeding.
Related Content:
- Podcast: Infant Nutrition from Birth to 6 months
- Podcast: Failure to Thrive
- Case: Poor weight gain in 2 month old
Failure to Thrive
by mel.lewis Aug 15, 2010
This podcast gives medical students a basic framework about how to understand failure to thrive and helps them develop an approach to the history and physical examination of a child presenting with failure to thrive. A “shotgun” approach to investigations is discouraged. This podcast was written by Dr. Melanie Lewis. Dr. Lewis is a general pediatrician at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton. She is also the Year 3 Clerkship Director for Pediatrics at the University of Alberta.
Related Content
- Case: Poor weight gain in a 2 month old male
- CPS Statement: Toddler who is falling off the growth curve
- WHO Growth Charts
- Podcast: Approach to Eating Disorders
- Podcast: Short Stature
Approach to Eating Disorders
by Rhea.D’Costa Dec 19, 2015
This episode presents an approach to eating disorders in the pediatric population. Listeners will learn about the epidemiology and clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, possible complications, and management of eating disorders in children and adolescents. The podcast was written by Rhea D’Costa, a medical student at McMaster University, and Dr. Jennifer Couturier, an Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University.
Related Content:
- Podcast: Failure to Thrive
- Case: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in a 15 year old female
- Case: Weight loss in an adolescent female
