PedsCases Notes are one page infographics on an important pediatric topic.
Note to myself: Each PedsCases Note [Link is to the complete list of PedsCases Notes. There are currently twenty-five] can effectively serve as a checklist.
For each post, I link to 5 notes (infographics) at a time and will review them on the day of the post.
So here is the list for Quick Review 4:
Published: May 07, 2020
This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on the acute management of croup, based on the CPS Practice Point guideline. It describes common symptoms of mild, moderate, and severe presentations of croup along with a treatment and management flowchart.
Related Content
- Podcast: Acute Management of Croup – CPS Podcast
- French Podcast: La Prise en charge du croup
- CPS Practice Point: Acute Management of Croup in the Emergency Department
- Podcast: Approach to a Child in Respiratory Distress
- Case: Runny nose, cough, and sore throat in a 2 year old girl
Link to the Acute Management of Croup PDF
Key Pediatric ECG Normative Data
Published: May 01, 2020
Use this handout as a quick resource to check the normative lead-independent and precordial lead ECG measurements for boys and girls. This handout was created by Eric King, a medical student at the University of Alberta, with the help of Dr. Karen Forbes, a pediatric hospital and medical educator at the University of Alberta.
This chart pairs well with the infographic by the same authors on the Approach to Pediatric ECG.
Related content:
- Handout: Pediatric Vital Signs
- Video: Approach to Pediatric ECG – Part 1
- Video: Approach to Pediatric ECG – Part 2
Link to the full-screen PDF handout
Published: May 01, 2020
This note gives a concise approach to interpreting pediatric ECGs. It was created by Eric King, a medical student at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Karen Forbes, a pediatric hospitalist and medical educator at the University of Alberta. This infographic is based on the video by Eric King, Dr. Forbes and Dr. Joseph Atallah, pediatric cardiologist at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton, Canada.
This infographic pairs well with the infographic by the same authors on Key Pediatric ECG Normative Data.
Related content:
- Handout: Pediatric Vital Signs
- Video: Approach to Pediatric ECG – Part 1
- Video: Approach to Pediatric ECG – Part 2
Link to the full-screen PDF handout.
Published: Apr 06, 2020
This PedsCases Note provides a brief overview of an approach to heart murmurs, including key features to look for on history, physical exam, and auscultation, along with descriptions of various innocent and pathologic murmurs.
Related Content
- Podcast: Evaluation of a Heart Murmur
- Case: 2-month old with a murmur
- Case: Heart murmur in a 6-month old male
Link to Heart Murmurs Full Screen PDF
Published: Apr 06, 2020
This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), including an approach to diagnosis and management in children.
Related Content
- Podcast: Uncomplicated Pneumonia – CPS Podcast | (La pneumonie non compliquée)
- Podcast: Paediatric Complicated Pneumonia – CPS Podcast | (La pneumonie complexe en pédiatrie)
- Podcast: Approach to Pediatric Chest X-Rays
- Video: Approach to Pediatric Chest X-Rays
Link to the full-screen PDF handout.
