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Neonatal Jaundice | SPECIAL GUEST Dr Myles

Neonatal Jaundice - take 2! We are revisiting one of our very first episodes covering an important topic for your paediatric rotation - neonatal jaundice! Freya is joined today by special guest -…

Lupus | Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (SLE)

Welcome back to Your Kidding, Right? In this episode, Dr. Freya Bleathman is joined by the wonderful Dr. Myles Loughnan, a fellow pediatric registrar, as they tackle the fascinating yet challenging…

Oligoarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis | the most common JIA subtype

Oligoarticular JIA is the most common subtype of juvenile arthritis. Children with oligo have 4 or fewer joints involved in the first 6 months of disease. The biggest complication that requires…

Exomphalos | Omphalocoele

Summary: Exomphalos, or omphalocoele, is a congenital condition where a baby's abdominal organs develop outside the body through the umbilical cord, affecting about 1 in 5000 births, with higher…

Genetic Imprinting | what usually happens, and how it can go wrong

Genetic imprinting is a normal process that usually happens in a small number of genes where one copy of the gene is always "silenced" or not expressed. An imprinting "disorder" is where there's an…

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia | an overview

Summary: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a condition where abdominal contents herniate into the thoracic cavity via a defect in the diaphragm, causing underdevelopment of the lungs and…

Adolescent Asthma | work SMART not hard

There has been a recent move to prescribe an inhaled corticosteroid for ALL adolescents with asthma. In today's episode we will go through the new SMART guidelines for adolescent asthma. Links and…

Paediatric Fasting Guidelines | when your patients are also hangry

Meckel diverticulum

After a decent hiatus we're back with a new episode! Meckel diverticulum is the most common congenital abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract, found in the small intestine. The majority of…

Dermoid cysts | spot the diagnosis

Dermoid cysts are a common occurrence and a common spot diagnosis that you'll be quizzed on in clinic! Always present at birth, but often picked up later, most cutaneous dermoid cysts are harmless,…

Noonan Syndrome | what you need to know in 20 minutes

Noonan syndrome is one of the most common genetic conditions we see in paeds. It is most typically characterised by certain facial features, short stature, congenital heart defects and developmental…

JDM | Juvenile Dermatomyositis

Juvenile dermatomyositis, or JDM is a rare autoimmune myopathy. In their first episode back after sitting specialty exams, Freya and Anne use a case to help explain what JDM is, as well as…

MCADD | medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

MCAD deficiency is a fatty acid oxidation disorder. It is a hereditary disease that is caused by a missing enzyme needed to convert fat into energy. Children with MCAD deficiency therefore cannot…

Von Willebrand Disease | the most common inherited bleeding disorder

Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a hereditary quantitative deficiency or functional abnormality of von Willebrand factor (VWF), which causes platelet dysfunction. Bleeding tendency is usually mild in…

Anne's Big News | choosing a specialty

In this episode, we take the podcast in a slightly different direction by discussing a non-clinical topic! The news is out, Anne has changed specialty! But what has she changed to? Why did she do…

S156 Cleft lip and palate in neonates | an overview

Cleft lip and palate are congenital anomalies that can occur together or separately. In cleft lip, the affected lip is always the top lip, and these entities can occur together or just one or the…

Impacts of medicine on climate change | Royal Children's Hospital Green Week

On this week's episode, we feature Dr. Laura Tate and Dr. Stormie De Groot in our first podcast takeover! Tune in for a truly enlightening discussion between Laura, Stormie and their special guest…

Ehlers Danlos Syndrome | we missed EDS awareness month but we tried

Early Onset Sepsis in Neonates| EOS

Early onset sepsis has different definitions across regions, with the definition we use being sepsis occurring at In this episode, we discuss the presentation of early onset sepsis, relevant…

Febrile Neutropaenia | an oncological emergency

Febrile neutropaenia is an emergency situation that can occur in patients with cancer. It is when they have very low levels of the white blood cell neutrophils, plus a fever. The main concern when…