Charting Pediatrics
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Charting Pediatrics
Now in our eighth season, Charting Pediatrics empowers medical professionals to care for kids with confidence. Brought to you by multidisciplinary experts at Children's Hospital Colorado, this weekly show shares the latest innovations, groundbreaking research and educational resources in pediatric m...
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Growing Pains or Growth Problems?
A growth charts tell a story long before a child can. A sudden dip, a stubborn plateau, a pubertal spurt that arrives too early, or too late, can spar...
Preventing Childhood Obesity
When addressing obesity in the clinic, it's common to ask patients to focus on food and exercise. But what if we think upstream of the clinical proble...
Assessing Pediatric Joint Pain
Joint pain is a common concern in pediatric practice. If a child is limping after sports or describes vague aches and pains, it often points to a mino...
Analyzing Anxiety in Pediatrics
Anxiety in children can serve as a safeguard or become profoundly disruptive. For pediatricians, distinguishing between developmentally appropriate wo...
Car Seat Safety
From a newborn's first trip home to the day a teenager buckles into the driver's seat, car rides are milestones throughout childhood. Between those mo...
Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommendations
In pediatric practice, few topics are as foundational and scientifically grounded as vaccinations. This season, a major shift in federal vaccine advis...
Navigating Pediatric Nutrition
Food is more than fuel. Its culture, comfort, connection and, increasingly, a source of confusion for families. Parents ask questions shaped by headli...
Treating Dehydration in Kids
Water is essential to a child's health, making up the majority of their body weight. But when illness or heat disrupts that balance, dehydration can s...
How Can We Manage Childhood Obesity?
Childhood obesity management has evolved far beyond the traditional advice of "eat healthier and move more." Today's clinical toolbox includes GLP-1 m...
Screen Time for Kids
Smartphones and tablets have become part of daily life for children and families, but their influence on sleep, attention, mood and overall developmen...
The Science Behind Autism and Medications
Recently, leucovorin and acetaminophen have been at the center of new discussions in pediatric medicine. Could leucovorin really help some children wi...
Seizure or Something Else?
Not every episode that looks like a seizure is one, and for pediatricians, distinguishing the difference can be challenging. Few moments in the clinic...
The State of Pediatric Research Funding
Behind every medical breakthrough for kids is usually a long history of research advances. Research is incremental, and new therapies exist, thanks to...
Oral and Dental Trauma in Kids
From playground falls to sports injuries, oral trauma is part of growing up. But when a tooth gets chipped, knocked out or a lip is cut, it can be str...
Undescended Testis, Hernia and Hydrocele
Groin bulges, scrotal swelling, and nonpalpable testes are findings that often surface during routine well-child exams, and they can raise immediate q...
AAP Vaccine Updates
The childhood immunization schedule is one of the defining pillars of pediatric practice and remains among the most successful public health achieveme...
Ocular Emergencies in Kids
Ocular complaints in children, such as a red or painful eye, sudden vision changes, or difficulty opening one eye, may be more than a minor concern. I...
Enuresis in Children
Enuresis, or bedwetting, is one of the most common concerns encountered in pediatrics. It can present as nighttime bedwetting, daytime urinary acciden...
Asthma Action Plans
While asthma may be the most common chronic disease in pediatrics, it never feels routine for medical professionals. In the primary care setting, pedi...
Constipation in Kids
Constipation is one of the most common conditions that pediatricians see. From the toddler squirming on the exam table to the school-aged child with r...
PCOS in Pediatrics
Imagine your body as a complex orchestra. Every hormone playing its part in harmony. When one section falls out of sync, the entire performance shifts...
The Concussion Conversation
Whether it's a bump, a blow, or a moment of confusion, concussions in kids don't always look dramatic, but the impact can be significant. When parents...
Better Sleep Solutions
Every parent dreams of the perfect bedtime routine: a quick story, a goodnight kiss, and lights out until morning. But real life? Toddlers fight sle...
Examining Eczema in Kids
For kids with eczema the discomfort of dry patches, constant itching and sleepless nights, can be relentless. For their parents, the search for answer...
All About Acne
For many teenagers, acne is always top of mind. At the doctor's office, it's not uncommon for teens to ask about their skin during a visit. With teena...
Suicide Prevention in Practice
Asking questions about mental health is not easy. What's even harder is asking those questions well. But here's the truth: community providers are uni...
Managing Migraines in Kids
Migraines aren't just 'bad headaches,' and they don't always present with pain. Every migraine is different, and they can present with a wide range of...
Spotting Celiac in Children
Celiac disease in kids is more common than you think, and often harder to spot than you'd expect. Celiac disease affects about 1 in 100 people globall...
Clinical Clues in Infant Stool
When it comes to babies, there is one true common denominator for new parents — poop. While it's one of the first things parents can fixate over, pedi...
Painful Periods Aren’t Normal
The menstrual cycle is as regular as clockwork, or at least it should be. But for many adolescent patients, what should be a manageable monthly event...
Detecting Hip Dysplasia
Screening for hip dysplasia in infants can make a big difference in their outcomes. Still, we know there are kids that fall through the cracks and lat...
ADHD in the Everyday
Parents often turn to their child's primary care physician for guidance on illnesses, developmental delays, or other health concerns. ADHD is no excep...
Kidney Care 101
Some topics in pediatrics are flashy — like seizures, mystery rashes and fevers. While those often make headlines, others, like pediatric nephrology,...
Bloody Diapers and Worried Parents
Picture this: A new parent is changing the diaper of their one-month-old infant when they notice streaks of blood. That's when panic sets in, followed...
Behind Their Behavior
Every kid is unique with their own distinct personality and behavior. But at what point should a child's behavior become a cause for concern? From anx...
The Current Pediatric Pipeline Problem
Pediatricians are superheroes in scrubs, baby whisperers, teen translators and guardians of growing minds and bodies. But even heroes need reinforceme...
Long-Term Care for Adult Congenital Heart Disease
As medical and surgical treatment of congenital heart lesions improve, the vast majority of babies born with heart problems are living long and produc...
A Trauma-Informed Approach
Charting Pediatrics has created a space where community care meets real-world challenges. Whether we realize it or not, trauma-informed care touches e...
First Year of Formula Feeding
Feeding a baby isn't one-size-fits-all, and neither is formula. That's why community providers need to be prepared to navigate options with families,...
Cracking the Cardiac Code
The heart is an involved organ in many syndromes impacting kids. Our understanding of the genetic underpinnings of pediatric heart conditions has impr...