The Cribsiders

From ketamine to propofol and everything in between, we're diving into the art and science of pediatric procedural sedation! Join us as we break down medication choices, dosing strategies, and practical pearls to keep kids comfortable and safe during everything from laceration repairs to fracture reductions and MRIs. We'll also tackle sedation complications, airway emergencies, and the important considerations surrounding fasting and aspiration risk!

Does thinking about heart murmurs make your own heart skip a beat? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Colin Kane, a pediatric and fetal cardiologist to discuss cardiac murmurs. We work through how to tell innocent murmurs from pathologic ones, which red flags should prompt referral, what testing is (and isn’t) worth ordering, how to counsel worried families, and how to approach murmurs in the newborn nursery. Dr. Kane also shares how listening to murmurs is like listening to rock and roll music.

This week we take a closer look at the ear-resistible topic of Mastoiditis. Join us and pediatric ENT, Dr. Tali Lando, for an enlightening discussion regarding what exactly the mastoid bone is, how mastoiditis develops, and typical management, including both surgical and non-surgical options. You won’t want to miss this!

The latest UTI guidelines are giving pediatric clinicians plenty to think about - and a few things to rethink. Join pediatric hospitalist and guideline author Dr. Brian Alverson for a practical discussion of evaluating and treating UTIs in children from 8 days through 5 years of age. We’ll walk through when to test, how to collect and interpret urine samples, when waiting is reasonable, and why constipation should not be overlooked. Along the way, we’ll tackle shorter antibiotic courses, imaging decisions, prophylaxis, and strategies for avoiding overtreatment.

Kids put everything everywhere. In this episode, we talk with pediatric emergency medicine physician Gabriel Devlin, MD, about the evaluation and management of pediatric foreign body ingestions and insertions from airway foreign bodies and button batteries to magnets, nasal beads, and bugs in the ear.