The Curbsiders Pediatrics is a podcast that focuses on delivering practical, evidence-based education in paediatric medicine. Hosted by expert clinicians, the series covers a wide range of topics including common paediatric conditions, developmental milestones, and acute care scenarios.
Each episode combines clinical insights with up-to-date research, aimed at helping healthcare professionals improve their knowledge and confidence in managing paediatric patients.
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Paediatric, primary-care and gastroenterology clinicians get a structured approach to faltering weight. Weight-for-length or BMI Z scores, feeding history, stooling, development and red flags guide management, with calorie-focused intervention prioritised for well children and targeted investigation or specialist assessment reserved for severe, atypical or poorly responsive presentations.
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Paediatric, emergency and cardiology clinicians get a systematic approach to childhood ECG interpretation. Rate, rhythm, axis, intervals, hypertrophy and repolarisation must be assessed against age-specific norms, with urgent attention to prolonged QTc, unexplained collapse, congenital heart disease patterns, electrolyte or medication risks and family history of sudden death.
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Paediatric and emergency clinicians get a structured approach to brief resolved unexplained events in infants. Careful event reconstruction, lower-risk criteria, feeding assessment, targeted investigation, family communication and safety-netting are prioritised over automatic admission or broad test panels.
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Paediatric and general-practice clinicians get practical infant nutrition counselling for newborn weight loss, jaundice, breastfeeding support, formula preparation, vitamin D, iron, solids, allergens and cow’s milk avoidance. It links feeding advice to growth, output, family circumstances and equitable support.
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Paediatric and general-practice clinicians get practical caregiver counselling on infant sleep, safe sleep spaces, selective eating, constipation, toilet training and nocturnal enuresis. The focus is family goals, repeatable routines, low-pressure food exposure, stool softening and positive reinforcement.
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Paediatric, emergency and nephrology clinicians get a structured approach to vomiting, diarrhoea, reduced urine output and hypovolaemic dehydration. It separates resuscitation boluses from maintenance prescribing and links isotonic crystalloid choice, the 4-2-1 calculation, dextrose, potassium and neonatal physiology to repeated clinical and biochemical reassessment.
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Paediatric, emergency and acute-care clinicians get a high-value bronchiolitis review. It keeps clinical diagnosis, work of breathing, hydration, feeding, nasal suction and illness trajectory ahead of routine chest radiography, blood tests, blood gases, viral panels, bronchodilators and corticosteroids.
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Acute-care clinicians, paediatric teams and students revising early infant fever get a pathway-based update. It keeps age in days, clinical appearance, urinalysis, inflammatory markers, cerebrospinal fluid decisions, admission planning and culture follow-up tied together for infants aged 8–60 days.
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Well newborn care still needs a structured safety mindset. The teaching covers skin-to-skin transition, feeding, glucose monitoring, sepsis risk assessment, weight loss, newborn examination and discharge counselling, with a reminder that quiet or sleepy babies may need reassessment rather than routine reassurance.
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Young people with medical complexity need transition planning before the final transfer appointment. The teaching is concrete: clarify family roles, consent, equipment, medication refills, adult primary care links and transfer summaries so care is not lost between paediatric and adult systems.