Showing posts with label Therapeutics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Therapeutics. Show all posts
Monday, 16 August 2021

Trial by Inhaler - Bronchiolitis vs Viral Wheeze

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With wheeze in children becoming a major presentation again, it feels like a good time to explore the issue of deciding whether a child has ...
Monday, 30 November 2020

Ipratropium for infant wheeze - a Christmas stocking stuffer

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On the run-up to Christmas, this site will be delivering some rather minimalist FOAMed.  Instead of comprehensive explanations, there will b...
Monday, 23 March 2020

COVID Questions: No 1 - Should clinicians recommend the use of ibuprofen in a child with suspected COVID-19 infection?

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As the COVID-19 pandemic gains momentum, we're all going to find ourselves either much busier or stuck at home.  Over the next few week...
Wednesday, 29 May 2019

Should I prescribe antibiotics for a child with otitis media and discharge from eardrum rupture?

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The answer to that question is much more complicated than most guidelines will lead you to believe. The headline statement recommending ...
Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Should you give ibuprofen to a child on an empty stomach?

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In the previous post, I gave some general principles about prescribing for children .  One person took the time to get in touch about the i...
Sunday, 27 January 2019

Prescribing for children - Top tips

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Prescribing for children can be tricky. Getting the right medication, dose and formulation should make all the difference to the effectiven...
Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Opiates in children - we need to talk about codeine

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Things have changed a lot with regards to opiods and children and young people over the past few years.  In 2013, the UK Medicines and Heal...
Tuesday, 23 October 2018

The Practicalities of Croup Management in the Community

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This post is in response to a very specific question from a local GP. The question wasn't about recognising croup or even about the be...
Wednesday, 11 July 2018

I'm On Your Side - How to stop the URTI-antibiotic discussion becoming an ordeal

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The antibiotic debate is a big one for several good reasons.  One of those reasons is that times have changed and change can be challenging...
Monday, 2 October 2017

It's Not Easy Being Wheezy - about antibiotics and wheezy kids

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In my formative postgaduate years as a doctor, I was told by more than one mentor that antibiotics were a good treatment for children who we...
Tuesday, 28 March 2017

The Random Goldfish - When confirmation bias met affective bias

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In the previous post , I explored how confirmation bias can lead us to believe that something is causing a problem when really it isn...