This PedsCases episode will review the Canadian Paediatric Society Position Statement from November 2022, “Acute complications in children with sickle cell disease: Prevention and management”. By the end of this podcast, listeners will be able to 1) understand how to prevent mortality and morbidity associated with SCD, 2) recognize and manage the common complications of SCD, and 3) know the basic principles of transfusion for patients with SCD.

This podcasts covers an approach to sickle cell including pathophysiology, diagnosis, history, physical exam, investigations and treatment.  It was developed by Noha Elsherbini a fourth year medical student at McGill University with Dr. Surabhi Rawal, a Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital in Montreal.

This podcast presents an approach to hemolytic anemia in children. In it, the listener will learn to define hemolytic anemia, explain the pathophysiology, describe the clinical manifestations, list relevant investigations and outline the management of a child with hemolytic anemia. This podcast was created by Prachi Shah, a medical student at the University of Alberta, in collaboration with Dr. Aisha Bruce, a pediatric hematologist at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton.

This CPS podcast gives an organized approach to neonatal hypoglycaemia, the most common metabolic problem in neonates and the leading cause of admissions to the NICU. This podcast is based on the 2019 Canadian Paediatric Society Statement, "The screening and management of newborns at risk for low blood glucose." It was created by Carina Lauzon, a fourth-year medical student, with Dr. Michael Narvey, co-author of this CPS statement, and neonatologist Dr. Marc-Antoine Landry.