This PedsCases episode will provide you with an approach to altered level of consciousness (ALOC). By the end of this podcast, listeners will learn how to define ALOC, identify investigations and management for common causes of ALOC. This podcast was developed by Kennedy Lewis, a medical student from the University of Saskatchewan, in collaboration with Dr. Mackenzie Simpson.

This podcast will give you an approach to bronchiectasis in children. Today’s episode was created by Lauren Wilkinson, a second-year medical student at Queen’s University, in collaboration with Dr. Mahmoud Sakran, a pediatrician at Lakeridge Health in Ontario.

This podcast discusses encephalitis. The episode was developed by Emily Kacer, first-year pediatrics resident at the McMaster University, in collaboration with Dr. Brandon Meaney, Division Head of Pediatric Neurology and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at McMaster University. In this episode, listeners will learn about the definition of encephalitis, common infectious and autoimmune causes in the pediatric population, the approach to diagnosing encephalitis, its comparison to meningitis, and the long-term complications associated with encephalitis. 

This podcast explores the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of congenital infections including Cytomegalovirus, Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus, Toxoplasmosis, Rubella, Hepatitis B, and Varicella.