This month’s newsletter is all about epilepsy, with thanks to one of the senior registrars working at Homerton currently who has a special interest in epilepsy. Useful updates and links. Please do leave comments below.
Tag Archives: neurology
December 2020 PDF
Raised intracranial pressure on the front line this month, menorrhagia in adolescents, psychological first aid and some normal reference values for children from Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
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August 2019 Paediatric Pearls newsletter uploaded
More on the coca-cola urine story this month, NF type I, cerebellar ataxia and restless legs syndrome. Do leave comments below.
July 2019 PDF
July 2019: Honing in on coca cola coloured urine this month and a closer look at armpits. Links to suitable child safeguarding CPD on harmful sexual behaviour and a look at the ANA test. Do leave comments below.
June 2019 newsletter
Possible causes of macrocephaly this month. Also the start of a new series on causes of coca-cola coloured urine and updates on safeguarding CPD requirements and the terminology of children “in care”. Do leave comments below:
December 2018 PDF
Christmas disease this month, acute psychosis in children, an Emoji guide to the workings of the facial nerve, sleep hygiene and the start of a 2 part series on measles. Happy New Year and do leave comments below!
August 2018 uploaded
August brings more returning travellers, this time with dengue fever. Also adolescent sleep problems, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), an update on rhinitis and the neurological effects of rotavirus. Do leave comments below.
July 2018 newsletter published
July 2018 brings HEADSSS as a communication tool in adolescent medicine this month, vaccine hesitancy, chikungunya, empyemas, a good headache course coming to London and appropriate use of the EEG. Please do leave comments below.
June 2018 PDF published
June 2018 features include the rotavirus immunisation, febrile myoclonus, investigating normochromic anaemia, complications of sinusitis and the first in our adolescence series. Please do leave comments below:
May 2018 newsletter published
Cyclical vomiting this month as the message from the front line, BESS as a learning point for those monitoring the size of an infant’s head, milia also for the babies and the perennial problem of whether or not montelukast works to control episodic wheeze. Do leave comments below: