Paediatrics

Web 2.0 Resources

Blogs

Podcasts

Clinical Information: Reference

Child Physiology: Good site to send parents to with flash player items on different organs, systems etc.
Paediatric Pathology site for pathology tests, indication
Paediatric LabTestsOnline
Paediatric X-Rays from MyPacs
Transfusion Guidelines from ANZSBT
Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Spotting the Sick Child

Paediatric ECG
DermNetNZ.org Dermatology resource
eMedicine by Medscape: Emergency Medicine (Pediatric) and Pediatrics (Critical Care)
Immunise Australia Program: National Immunisation Program Schedule and Australian Immunisation Handbook
The Radiology Assistant – Pediatrics

Western Australia Immunisation Home Pageand Immunisation Schedule 1 May 2009 (pdf)
South Australian Immunisations Calculator (for catch-up jabs)
NT Immunisation Calculator (PDF)
Paediatric Trauma – different from adults
DermNet.com Dermatology Atlas
PeRSSonalized Medicine

Drug Information & Calculators

RCH Emergency Drug Doses for resuscitation
University Hospital Wales PICU Drug Calculator
MDcalc.com (including paediatrics and critical care)

X-Ray Risk Calculator
MedIndex.com.au Calculators and Charts (BMI, BSA, GFR, International Growth charts, BP, FEV1 and more)

Paediatric Pharmacopoeia
DrugDoses.net (Frank Shann’s book as a smartphone app)

Clinical Guidelines

Royal Childrens Hospital (Melbourne) Clinical Practice Guidelines
Starship Childrens Hospital NZ
Auckland Newborn Services

NICE Clinical Guidelines (including eczema, febrile illness, head injury, UTI)
SIGN Guidelines (including bronchiolitis, otitis media, procedural sedation)

Clinical Decision Support

ISABEL - GIDEON
DXplain - Alcidion
PEPID’s Wave
CDS systems on The Informatics Review

Procedures

NYSORA.com – nerve blocks & regional anaesthesia

RCH Paediatric Trauma Manual

Organisations

Kidsafe Australia
ARC: Australasian Resuscitation Council
ACEM: Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

Directories & Utilities

HealthEngine.com.au – find Australian GPs and Specialists

Calendar (timeanddate.com)

Journals

Archives of Disease in Childhood
Emergency Medicine Australasia
BMJ Group (BMJ Learning, Clinical Evidence, OnExamination, Best Practice, Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin and more)

Skyscape
- RCH Paediatric Handbook
- APLS
- Emergency Medicine Diagnosis & Management
- Other Emergency and Paediatric titles

About Mike Cadogan

Emergency physician with a passion for medical informatics and medical education. Co-founder of HealthEngine, iMeducate, and the GMEP. He writes more eclectically on the web as @sandnsurf | + Mike Cadogan | Contact