Dr Jonathan Derrick, paediatric SHO; Dr Paul Fleming, consultant Neonatologist Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common gastro-intestinal emergency seen in preterm babies and is a common …| PaediatricFOAM
Dr Harpreet Sehmi, Dr Sanja Zivanovic You’re the SHO on the neonatal unit reviewing blood tests for a baby admitted earlier in the day. This… Read More »Neonatal Thrombocytopenia| PaediatricFOAM
Dr Harpreet Sehmi, Dr Sanja Zivanovic You’re the SHO on the neonatal unit reviewing blood tests for a baby admitted earlier in the day. This full term baby has platelets of 88 – what could be…| PaediatricFOAM
Dr Tessa Davis Thinking about your first NHS consultant interview can feel… well, terrifying and overwhelming. The process is unfamiliar, the stakes are high, and it might have been years since you…| PaediatricFOAM
The Needle in the Febrile Haystack: Diagnosing Endocarditis in Children Endocarditis is an infection that affects the lining of the heart, heart valves or blood vessels. It is rare but carries sign…| PaediatricFOAM
Dr Rukshana Latiff You might have thought that you were done with OSCEs after passing finals but here you are, facing yet another clinical exam. The flashbacks of being examined as you interact wit…| PaediatricFOAM
Dr Hannah Steedman Picture reproduced from A Handbook for Nature on Prescription to Promote Mental Health with full permission from the authors. What is social prescribing? Social prescribing is a …| PaediatricFOAM
A different kind of baby blues… Dr Agatha Okah; Dr Priyesh Parekh; Dr Hema Kannappan We’ve all heard of haemoglobin and know what it does… but does the word methaemoglobin ring a bell? In this article we are going to refresh your memory and remind you (or perhaps teach your for the first time!) all… Read More »Methaemoglobinaemia| PaediatricFOAM
Dr Cecilia Okorochukwu, Dr Rexford Obeng One of the hardest parts of Paediatrics is caring for children who have experienced traumatic or stressful events, which can have long-lasting effects on th…| PaediatricFOAM
Dr Dyanne Ifeoma Imo-Ivoke, Dr Aisha Abdullahi, Dr Helen Yates Did you know there are six fontanelles in the newborn skull?! As paediatricians we feel for the anterior fontanelle as an automatic pa…| PaediatricFOAM
Dr Chris Sinclair-Wilson, Dr James Law, Dr Vikram Baicher Although we don’t come across it every day, thyroid disease is relatively common in the paediatric population, occurring in up to 15 …| PaediatricFOAM
Empathy in Practice – 10 Ways to Transform the Journey for Parents of Children with Medical Complexity Dr Nicola Bartrum, Dr Hannah Nicholson The care of children with medical complexity is o…| PaediatricFOAM
Dr Josephine Quaynor, Dr Kingsley Ezinmor, Dr Rachel Yew Wow, that came fast! Yesterday, you were the SHO and today, you are starting your first paediatric registrar post. Congratulations on achieving this huge milestone!!! As first-time registrars, we all felt those scary moments and thoughts of not being prepared enough for the job. But don’t… Read More »Top Ten Tips for your first Paediatric Registrar post| PaediatricFOAM
Dr Charlotte Sloane, Paediatric Research Fellow PERUKI (Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland) was established in 2012 by everyday clinicians who set out to enhance the quality of eme…| PaediatricFOAM
