Child and youth health

Sarcoma in children

Delay in diagnosis of sarcoma directly, impacts upon long term prognosis. Using case scenarios, Andrew Graydon overviews the recognition, diagnosis and principles of management of this important type of cancer focusing mainly on the paediatric patient.

Constipation in children

In this podcast, Dr Rebecca Hayman reviews the optimal management of childhood constipation. She discusses pathophysiology, the important clues that can be gained from a comprehensive history and thorough examination, and finally the management including dis-impaction, and why long term maintenance treatment is so important.

ADHD management

PODCAST: Dr Colette Muir talks about the management of ADHD in children.

ADHD assessment and diagnosis

Dr Colette Muir talks about assessment and diagnosis of ADD and ADHD in children. She covers comprehensive assessment, supporting families, and the wider context.

Asthma management in children

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the respiratory tract. New Zealand has one of the highest reported cases of asthma globally, with the prevalence of asthma highest amongst children and young adults.

It is dominant amongst Māori and Pacific children.

This short course incorporates:

Asthma in under five-year-olds

PODCAST: Dr David McNamara on the challenges and barriers to diagnosis of asthma in the under five-year-old child.

Cow's milk allergy in infants

Adverse reactions to foods can be classified depending on whether there is an immune mediated reaction or not. Immune mediated reactions can be further broken down by whether they are due to IgE allergic antibodies or not. Understanding whether an infant has allergy or intolerance, and if allergy what type of allergy, is key to diagnosis and management of infants with CMA.

How common is cow’s milk allergy (CMA)?

Paediatric overnight oximetry

The aim of this course is to optimally use overnight oximetry in the assessment and management of children with either suspected or known Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA).

It is intended to assist paediatric and ENT trainees, paediatricians, ENT / ORL specialists, physiologists working in sleep laboratories undertaking studies on children, and general practitioners who have the necessary resources, to learn how to perform, interpret and report paediatric overnight pulse oximetry studies.

After completing this learning tool you should:

Bronchiectasis in children

Associate Professor Cass Byrnes discusses the chronic wet cough in a child, including equity issues, clinical presentations and investigations.

Sleep and babies

Dr Liora Kempler talks about what to expect in the first year of a baby's sleep patterns, and how to set up a healthy sleep regime.

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