May 30, 2021
ITP is the most common cause of symptomatic thrombocytopaenia in children, with the most common paediatric age group being 1-4 years of age.
ITP is an isolated low platelet count of < 100 in an otherwise well child, with a normal blood film and FBE (aside from the thrombocytopaenia).
Treatment varies from monitoring...
May 27, 2021
Ingested foreign bodies are most common in kids between ages 6 months and 3 years, and in children with developmental or behaviour problems. In this episode, we will be discussing foreign bodies, which are limited to the gastrointestinal tract.
We will also discuss high risk foreign bodies - such as button batteries -...
May 23, 2021
Sickle cell disease is an inherited abnormality of haemoglobin (which is the oxygen-carrying protein found in red blood cells). It is characterised by red blood cells changing shape to become sickle (or crescent)-shaped which then causes them to block tiny blood vessels causing ischaemia and also makes them more prone...
May 19, 2021
GAS pharyngitis is associated with a few important complications. They are usually divided in suppurative and non-suppurative - i.e. purulent and non purulent complications.
The main non-suppurative complications are post-strep glomerulonephritis and acute rheumatic fever (which we did an episode on recently). A couple...
May 16, 2021
Galactosemia is an autosomal recessive metabolic condition that alters the body's ability to metabolise galactose, which is a type of sugar. This leads to a build up of galactose and some other metabolites, which then build up in the tissues, causing issues with the liver, brain, kidneys, eyes and other organs. It is...