Category: Community paediatrics

Spew, Spew, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub?

Should we be using high flow in bronchiolitis?

Hospital passports contain information that can make a real, tangible difference to clinical assessments and disease management, including the things that HCPs often don’t know they should ask, and that patients and families may forget to offer.

All kids get bruises - or do they? Which ones should you be more concerned about. We look at a validation of the TEN-4-Faces tool

Learn how to treat that summertime sadness

Which patients with bronchiolitis can you send home? Which are safe to be discharged? Time to deploy the safety net.

How are you going to manage when things start to get busy?

Professor Ryan writes with authority, vulnerability and humour. This book made me smile, nod in recognition and, at times, cry. We need to do better and Professor Ryan not only explains why, but also gives us tools to start on the “how”.

All paediatricians are complicit in delivering a racist healthcare service. You just don't know it.

Terminology is important, not only for making sure we understand a child's diagnosis properly, but also for providing the best possible care. Getting it right can also help gain the trust of parents and carers who will often know far more about appropriate language use than we clinicians.