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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Pertussis, pneumococcal disease and invasive Haemophilus influenzae infection require attention to age, vaccination status, illness stage and infection site, including recognising pertussis without a whoop and using susceptibility results to refine meningitis treatment.
Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome causes delayed gastrointestinal reactions, typically repetitive vomiting one to four hours after a trigger without usual skin or respiratory allergy features, requiring recognition of the feeding pattern, severity-based rehydration and planned trigger avoidance and reintroduction.
A quiet infant, missed word milestones, unclear speech or language regression requires structured assessment of receptive, expressive and social communication. Formal audiology and early referral remain necessary after a normal newborn screen, while vocabulary should be counted across every language.
Stereotyped clusters of brief flexion or extension movements, especially after waking, become more concerning when frequency increases or development plateaus or regresses. Caregiver video, urgent electroencephalography that captures sleep, a developmental and skin examination, and early treatment help shorten the path from recognition to response.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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