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Tonsillectomy | OPENPediatrics
This podcast discusses the preoperative, operative, and postoperative considerations for patients undergoing tonsillectomy, including anatomy and pathophysiology, preoperative evaluation, anesthetic management, operative approach, and postoperative care.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon listening to this podcast, learners will be able to:
• Explain the anatomy and pathophysiology
• Describe key considerations for the preoperative anesthetic evaluation and intraoperative anesthetic management plan
• Review common operative approaches
• Discuss postoperative considerations
AUTHORS
Haley Moulton, BA
MS4
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Eelam Adil, MD, MBA, FAAP
Associate
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement
Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Harvard Medical School
Ashish Ankola, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital
Sonya Mathews
Pre-Medical Student
Jue Wang, MD
Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
DATES
Initial publication date: July 10, 2024
Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user. For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
CITATION
Moulton H, Adil E, Ankola A, Mathews S, Wang J, Marcley S, McFee AM, Wolbrink TA. Tonsillectomy. 07/2024. OPENPediatrics. Podcast. https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/tonsillectomy-openpediatrics -
Upholding Human Dignity for Children with Medical Complexity and their Families
In this Complex Care Journal Club podcast episode, Ms. Bethlyn Vergo Houlihan and Ms. Meg Comeau discuss a qualitative study of the perspectives of families of children with medical complexity on what is needed to promote their quality of life and well-being. They describe the family-led approach to designing and conducting the study, the importance of upholding human dignity as a major theme, and next steps to translate their findings into systems change.
SPEAKERS
Bethlyn Vergo Houlihan, MSW, MPH
Project Director, Principal Investigator
Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health
Boston University School of Social Work
Meg Comeau, MHA
Senior Project Director/Principal Investigator
Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health
Boston University School of Social Work
HOST
Kristina Malik, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Medical Director, KidStreet
Pediatrician, Special Care Clinic,
Children's Hospital Colorado
DATE
Initial publication date: July 1, 2024.
JOURNAL CLUB ARTICLES
Houlihan BV, Coleman C, Kuo DZ, Plant B, Comeau M. What Families of Children With Medical Complexity Say They Need: Humanism in Care Delivery Change. Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 1;153(Suppl 1):e2023063424F. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-063424F. PMID: 38165241.
Randolph G, Coleman C, Allshouse C, Plant B, Kuo DZ. Measuring What Matters to Children With Medical Complexity and Their Families. Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 1;153(Suppl 1):e2023063424C. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-063424C. PMID: 38165239.
TRANSCRIPT
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Clinicians across healthcare professions, advocates, researchers, and patients/families are all encouraged to engage and provide feedback! You can recommend an article for discussion using this form: https://forms.gle/Bdxb86Sw5qq1uFhW6
Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
CITATION
Houlihan BV, Comeau M, Malik K. Upholding Human Dignity for Children with Medical Complexity and their Families. 7/2024. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast. https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/upholding-human-dignity-for-children-with-medical-complexity-and-their-families -
Inflammatory Bowel Disease by J. Ouahed, L. Collen | OPENPediatrics
This podcast provides an overview of the presentation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and compares it to Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis phenotypes.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this podcast, the learner will be able to:
• Recognize the clinical presentation of inflammatory bowel disease and compare Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis phenotypes.
• Plan the diagnostic evaluation of patients with suspected IBD.
• Define treatment goals and list available treatment options.
AUTHORS
Jodie Ouahed, MD, MMSc
Director, VEOIBD Clinic
Attending Physician, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Lauren Collen, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
DATES
Initial publication: June 25, 2024
Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org
OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user. For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
CITATION
Collen LV*, Ouahed J*, Brodie K, Wills K, Combs A, Snapper SB. Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 6/2024. OPENPediatrics. Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/inflammatory-bowel-disease-by-j-ouahed-l-collen-openpediatrics. *These authors contributed equally to this work -
PICU Podcasts: Behind the Mic by T. Wolbrink et al | OPENPediatrics
In this World Shared Practice Forum podcast, PICU podcasters share their insights on how to get started and deliver successful podcasts. Key points include strategies for finding co-hosts and guests, ways to promote podcasts, and the importance of finding ways to incorporate podcasts into academic CVs.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Following this discussion, learners will be able to:
- Discuss strategies to identify podcast co-hosts and guests
- Describe ways that podcasts can be shared with potential listeners
- Compose an academic CV that includes podcasts and appropriate metrics
AUTHORS
Peta Alexander, MBBS, FRACP, FCICM
Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor in Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Podcast: Pediatrica Intensiva
https://pedsintensiva.com/
Erin Bennett, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Podcast: PCCM Audio Summary
https://www.sccm.org/Research/Journals/Journal-Audio-Summaries
Rahul Damania, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Physician
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital
Podcast: PICU Doc on Call
https://picudoconcall.org/
Zachary Hodges, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Fellow Physician
University of Texas Southwestern
Podcast: PedsCrit
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1809998
Greg Kelly, MBBS, MBA, FRACP, FCICM
Pediatric Intensivist
Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
Podcast: Pediatrica Intensiva
https://pedsintensiva.com/
Elizabeth Mack, MD, MS
Pediatric Critical Care Physician
Professor, pediatrics
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
Podcast: SCCM Podcast
www.sccm.org/podcast
Alice Shanklin, MD
Critical Care Fellow
Children's National Hospital
Podcast: PedsCrit
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1809998
DATES
Initial publication date: June 18, 2024.
ARTICLES REFERENCED
23:16: Cabrera D, Vartabedian BS, Spinner RJ, Jordan BL, Aase LA, Timimi FK. More Than Likes and Tweets: Creating Social Media Portfolios for Academic Promotion and Tenure. J Grad Med Educ. 2017;9(4):421-425. doi:10.4300/JGME-D-17-00171.1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28824752/
Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user. For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
Alexander P, Bennett E, Damania R, Hodges Z, Kelly G, Mack E, Shanklin A, Wolbrink TA. PICU Podcasts: Behind the Mic. 06/2024. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast. https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/picu-podcasts-behind-the-mic-by-t-wolbrink-et-al-openpediatrics -
Need for Neurodevelopmental Follow-up for Children with Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
In this Complex Care Journal Club podcast episode, Dr. Sarah Sobotka discusses a mixed-methods study with longitudinal assessment of neurodevelopmental profiles of children requiring mechanical ventilation after hospital discharge and perceived influences on development. She describes lessons learned while designing and performing the study, the need for dedicated therapeutic strategies for this patient population, and next steps from this work.
SPEAKER
Sarah Sobotka, MD, MSCP
Assistant Professor
Section of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Chicago
HOST
Kilby Mann, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Children's Hospital Colorado
DATE
Initial publication date: June 10, 2024.
JOURNAL CLUB ARTICLES
Sobotka SA, Lynch E, Liao C, Graham RJ, Msall ME. Autism and neurodevelopmental disability risks in children with tracheostomies and ventilators. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26921. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38426806.
Sobotka SA, Lynch E, Msall ME, Graham RJ. Early childhood developmental skills of children with tracheostomies and ventilators recently discharged home. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2023 Mar;58(3):853-865. doi: 10.1002/ppul.26265. Epub 2022 Dec 28. PMID: 36448249; PMCID: PMC10680148.
TRANSCRIPT
Clinicians across healthcare professions, advocates, researchers, and patients/families are all encouraged to engage and provide feedback! You can recommend an article for discussion using this form: https://forms.gle/Bdxb86Sw5qq1uFhW6
Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
CITATION
Sobotka SA, Mann K. Need for Neurodevelopmental Follow-up for Children with Invasive Mechanical Ventilation. 6/2024. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast. https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/need-for-neurodevelopmental-follow-up-for-children-with-invasive-mechanical-ventilation -
PICU Up!: Collaboration for Success by S. Kudchadkar | OPENPediatrics
In this World Shared Practice Forum podcast, Drs. Sapna Kudchadkar and Kate Madden discuss early mobilization programs in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). They highlight the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, including the need for shared mental frameworks regarding sedation practices and delirium screening and management. Dr. Kudchadkar describes the potential risks of delirium, the benefits of keeping patients oriented and engaged, and highlights the need for sustainability of early mobilization. She also discusses the implementation and challenges of the PICU UP! program.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Following this discussion, learners will be able to:
- Discuss the importance of early mobilization in PICU
- Explain the risks of delirium, as well as appropriate screening and management
- Identify the origins, goals, and benefits of the PICU Up! program
AUTHORS
Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, PhD, FCCM
Professor, Anesthesiologist-in-Chief of Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Vice Chair for Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Director of the John Hopkins PICU Up! Program
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kate Madden, MD
Senior Associate, BCH Medical-Surgical ICU
Boston Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School
DATE
Initial publication date: May 24, 2024.
ARTICLES REFERENCED
00:04:43 Wieczorek B, Ascenzi J, Kim Y, et al. PICU Up!: Impact of a Quality Improvement Intervention to Promote Early Mobilization in Critically Ill Children. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016;17(12):e559-e566. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000000983 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5138131/)
00:06:32 Marra A, Ely EW, Pandharipande PP, Patel MB. The ABCDEF Bundle in Critical Care. Crit Care Clin. 2017;33(2):225-243. doi:10.1016/j.ccc.2016.12.005 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5351776)
00:06:37 ICU liberation initiative (https://www.sccm.org/iculiberation)
00:33:24 Lin JC, Srivastava A, Malone S, et al. Caring for Critically Ill Children With the ICU Liberation Bundle (ABCDEF): Results of the Pediatric Collaborative. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2023;24(8):636-651. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000003262 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37125798/)
00:34:32 Kudchadkar SR, Nelliot A, Awojoodu R, et al. Physical Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Children: A Multicenter Point Prevalence Study in the United States. Crit Care Med. 2020;48(5):634-644. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000004291 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32168030/)
00:39:40 X @SapnaKMD (https://x.com/sapnakmd)
Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org
OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open-access and thus at no expense to the user. For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu
Kudchadkar SR, O’Hara JE, Madden K. PICU Up!: Collaboration for Success by S. Kudchadkar | OPENPediatrics. 05/2024. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast. https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/picu-up-collaboration-for-success-by-s-kudchadkar-openpediatrics
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To my knowledge, this is one of the few peer-reviewed podcasts on care of the pediatric patient.