Pediatric Grand Rounds Updates and Archive

Update: What Does the Future Hold for the PGR.....

2007-12-29T16:06:00.000-08:00

Due to a lack of time on my part, and a lack of much interest in the PGR after well over a year of existence, I am withdrawing it from the blogosphere unless another brave soul is willing to take over. Please email me at clarkbar2019 AT yahoo DOT com if you are interested in the task. It's been fun at times, but it mostly felt like work. And I have moved on to another very time consuming project that just doesn't fit very well with the PGR.

"When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney and basking in the of warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter."
-Phil Connors

Hosting Announcement.....

2007-11-09T19:47:00.000-08:00

The next edition of the PGR will be hosted by Thomas Robey at Hope for Pandora on December 2nd. Please send submissions to scienceandmedicine AT gmail DOT com.

Volume 2 Edition 11.....

2007-11-09T19:40:00.000-08:00

"Welcome to this month's edition of Pediatric Grand Rounds! Sit back with a cup of mulled cider and enjoy the best of the past month:....."

This edition can be found at Aetiology and was published on November 4, 2007.

Volume 2 Edition 10.....

2007-10-08T18:32:00.000-07:00

"I’m pleased to be hosting this edition of Pediatric Grand Rounds at Dr. Ben’s Blog.

I’ll start at the newborn end of the spectrum with a fascinating....."

This edition can be found at Dr. Ben's Blog and was published on October 7, 2007.

Volume 2 Edition 9.....

2007-09-07T16:04:00.000-07:00

"(Who's a lucky dog? Lucky Dog is.)

Welcome to this rather business like, and unfortunately rather uninspired edition of Pediatric Grand Rounds. I promise that future editions will be more creative. To update those who are out of the loop, the PGR is now going to be published on the first Sunday of each month. The extra time between editions will hopefully allow for more submissions for hosts to work with and for less stress in finding hosts.

So who is Lucky Dog? He is the latest edition to the Bartram household thanks to the fine folks at the Humane Society. What does he have to do with the PGR? Nothing. Let's get started."

This edition can be found at Unintelligent Design and was published on September 2, 2007.

PGR Update.....

2007-08-31T12:56:00.000-07:00

Beginning with the upcoming September 2nd edition of the Pediatric Grand Rounds, future editions will be held on the first Sunday of every month. Therefore, each volume will contain twelve editions beginning with the third. To avoid any confusion with the numbering, the current volume will continue with edition 9 and will contain a total of 16 editions. Please contact me at clarkbar2019 AT yahoo DOT com to discuss hosting future editions.

Volume 2 Edition 8.....

2007-07-29T15:28:00.000-07:00

"At midnight just over a week ago, the seventh and final edition of the children’s wildly popular Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, was officially released.

To commemorate the occasion, each section of this week’s PGR begins with a quotation or some dialogue from the story. A total of 25 blog articles are included in this edition, each one just as magical as the next, and I hope you enjoy reading them all as much as I did. I intentionally kept my comments short so that you can focus on the content of each article.

So, without further delay, I present to you Pediatric Grand Rounds 2.8."

This edition can be found at Highlight Health and was published on July 29th, 2007.

Volume 2 Edition 7.....

2007-07-16T11:39:00.000-07:00

"Good Lord, what a week I’ve had. Unfortunately I can’t blog about it. My apologies for being a bit derelict in getting the word out – I’ll be on it next time. This week marked the 10 year anniversary of the blog. Look for a nice piece in this morning’s Wall Street Journal detailing the impact of blogging on the world.

Lot's of interesting stuff this week. Let's get started."

This edition can be found at Parenting Solved and was published on July 14, 2007.

Volume 2 Edition 6.....

2007-07-05T12:18:00.000-07:00

"What with the floods, the bombing attempts in my local area, and the shrill warnings that the UK is on critical alert for terrorist events, a number of households are probably taking the time to go through emergency planning dilemmas and review contingency plans with their children....."

This edition can be found at Breath Spa for Kids and was published on July 1, 2007.

Volume 2 Edition 5.....

2007-06-21T11:35:00.000-07:00

"Welcome to volume two, number five of Pediatric Grand Rounds. The order of presentation is not by rank but follows a logical thread, trying to give every post its best neighbourhood possible. Last is certainly not least. But of course I begin with my favorite....."

This edition can be found at Med Journal Watch and was published on June 27, 2007.

Volume 2 Edition 4.....

2007-06-03T09:06:00.000-07:00

"This has been a very sobering week. A prolific and very much admired blogger, Flea, was unmasked in a very public way during his malpractice trial. There is a lot of talk going around on the medical and law blogs about this, most people agree that blogging about an ongoing trial is not a great idea no matter how anonymous you think you are. To me the saddest part of the whole thing is that there are two grieving parents who have a dead son and there is a Dr. Robert Lindeman who could possibly loose his practice because he made a mistake (a definite blogging mistake and a possible medical mistake). It just does not seem fair to me that the lawyers are the only winners in this whole thing, they get to collect their paychecks and go on with life as usual.

The loss of Flea is a huge loss to the medical blogging community. He wrote out many evidence based posts on things that were being widely discussed about children's health. His series of posts on vaccinations are treasures that may never be replaced. His looks at alternative therapies and possible causes for Autism were also reoccurring themes in his blog. I especially loved how tried to empower parents by teaching them to take care of simple illnesses at home, keeping sick kids out of the doctor's office. I will never look at Neosporin the same way again.

Flea, you are gone and very much missed. Dr. Lindeman, I hope that you and your family are able to recover from this and hope that some day, some how we will be able to hear more from you.

Now on to Pediatric Grand Rounds!"

This edition can be found at Adventures of an Awesome (Sometimes) Mother and was published on June 3, 2007.

Volume 2 Edition 3.....

2007-05-21T11:53:00.000-07:00

"We’ve lost Flea, one of PGR’s greatest supporters. We are thinking he crawled into some lawyer’s ear and got caught in the wax. Hopefully, he’ll dig his way out.

I wish I could do more than this, but here is a brief chain of what others have said about Flea and Fat Doctor, who also shut her blog down. It isn’t just the posts I’ve linked to here, but all the comments on those posts that bear record of how much the medblog community loved Flea and Fat Doctor."

This edition can be found at Ami Chopine and was published on May 20th, 2007.

Volume 2 Edition 2.....

2007-05-07T12:26:00.000-07:00

"Welcome to the second year of the blog world's Pediatric Grand Rounds! It must be said that the number of submissions was dismayingly small, and were it not for the heroic efforts of Shinga, despite a nasty bout of food poisoning, this edition of PGR would be piteous and paltry. That said, I hope everyone remembers to post links when PGR appears, and to direct your readers to the next host, Ami Chopine, hosting on May 20. The PGR hosting schedule can be found here.

As spring finally makes a return, the blog world in my small corner of the internet has been less than joyous. The lilacs may open with their lush fragrance, the hyacinth may reach yellow branches skyward, the tulips may bend gracefully at the end of their long stems, but still many of us resist nature's call to celebrate. The news has been rough and bitter, full of bombings and unanswered cell phones.

In spring, the weight of sorrow seems particularly unfair."

This post can be found at The Wait and the Wonder and was published on May 6th, 2007.

Volume 2 Edition 1.....

2007-05-07T12:19:00.000-07:00

"On April 23, 2006, the first edition of the Pediatric Grand Rounds was published. And for the past 52 weeks, with a few notable exceptions, 25 subsequent editions have been posted every other Sunday. After a slow start, with just a handful of submissions, the PGR has grown considerably though it still pales in comparison to the behemoth that the original Grand Rounds has become since its inception. That is probably not a bad thing however. Many people have chosen to forgo reading Grand Rounds because of its size.

Putting together the past 12 months worth of PGR editions were 16 different bloggers with a variety of backgrounds. Some of them were pediatricians of both the general and specialist kind, nurses that have experience with young patients, or others who provide health care for children in less traditional, but no less important, ways. Some were involved in research with potential pediatric implications and some were parents of chronically ill children. Each approached their turn to host an edition in a unique way.

I've spent the past week returning to these prior editions, reading the posts, and choosing what I think were the cream of the crop. Yes I admit this was a quite subjective process with results no more meaningful than any other personal list of favorites. I tried to approach without any bias from my background as a pediatrician and I think I have compiled a pretty decent group of submissions. Please don't be hurt if you weren't included and feel free to add your own favorites in the comment section."

This post can be found at Unintelligent Design and was published on April 23rd, 2007.

Volume 1 Edition 26.....

2007-04-10T20:09:00.000-07:00

""You can check your anatomy all you want, but when it comes right down to it, this far inside the head it all looks the same. No, no, no, don't tug on that. You never know what it might be attached to." - Buckaroo Banzai, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)"

This post can be found at Flea and was published on April 8, 2007.

Volume 1 Edition 25.....

2007-03-26T10:46:00.000-07:00

"“Daddy, you should do a Tom and Jerry blog.”

How can I resist those eyes.

A 7-year old (who looks like Cindy-Loo Who) has special powers over the dominant male in her household. Any of you men out there with daughters know what I mean. It is like they hold your remote-control. Yes, it is a somewhat violent cartoon, but what is done is done. Now I have no choice. I must obey.

So, I give you:

Pediatric Grand Rounds, a la Tom and Jerry!"

This edition can be found at Musing of a Distractible Mind and was published on March 26, 2007.

Volume 1 Edition 24.....

2007-03-14T14:51:00.000-07:00

"It seems that many of the pediatricians are swamped with patient care duties. It could be the tail-end of RSV season, the onset of rotavirus season (depending on where you are), or the ongoing norovirus outbreaks. Whatever the case, this week’s call for grand round submission resulted in more entries from the recipients of pediatric care than from the providers. As always, because the purpose of grand rounds is to broaden one’s perspective, I’ve included equal number of both and also purposefully created the artificial divide of physicians and patients to allow one to compare and contrast the perspectives."

This edition can be found at Blog, MD and was published on March 11, 2007.

Volume 1 Edition 23.....

2007-02-24T20:27:00.000-08:00

"Good evening all, and welcome to the Red Carpet PGR!Tonight we will be encountering many interesting posts from all over the pediatric blogosphere, dressed in their red carpet best....."

This edition can be found at Allergy and Asthma Source and was published on February 25, 2007.

Volume 1 Edition 22.....

2007-02-14T20:26:00.000-08:00

"Thanks to Hallmark and other card and candy companies February 14th has been turned into a manufactured holiday that is supposed to evoke feelings of love towards a romantic partner or feelings of depression when one does not have a romantic partner. The symbol of this holiday is the heart. It was only natural that when the Congenital Heart Defect community was looking for a way to increase awareness Valentine's Day was a natural fit....."

This edition can be found at Adventures of an Awesome (Sometimes) Mother and was posted on February 11, 2007.

Volume 1 Edition 21.....

2007-01-31T10:37:00.000-08:00

"The piercing shriek of my bedside alarm forced me into a state of alertness at six AM but I paused for a moment to collect my thoughts before leaving the comfort and warmth of my bed. I had only just fallen asleep after a long night of putting together the next edition of the PGR and I was tired to my very core. As I lay there, the rhythmic patter of rain against my window served to calm my spirits despite the fact that its presence would add several minutes to my already long commute. A cacophony of borborygmi erupted from my empty digestive tract but I allowed my eyes to close. Just for a minute I told myself. Just for a minute."

This edition can be found at Unintelligent Design and was published on January 28, 2007.

Volume 1 Edition 20.....

2007-01-25T18:58:00.000-08:00

"After doping up on fruitcake over the past few weeks the blogosphere finally seems back in sync for this first PGR of 2007. What was lacking in the quantity of submissions was made up in quality. I want to thank everyone who participated."

This edition can be found at Parenting Solved and was published on January 14, 2007.

Volume 1 Edition 19.....

2007-01-07T21:02:00.000-08:00

"Whether we've taken an elegaic turn because it's approaching the end of year, or there is a general zeitgeist, the paediatric blogosphere offers many thoughtful posts. We have sex, drugs, issues of life, death, morality; ethical dilemmas that reflect religious and cultural values as well as the challenges posed by advances in medicine. Because this is PGR, we also have snot, magical thinking and the general weirdness of contact with children.

Machiavelli famously claimed that statecraft involves fortifying the banks against the rivers of misfortune. We're not all the way there, but most of us are fortunate enough to live in societies where we have fortified the banks of paediatric health against the erosive forces of disease, morbidity and mortality. We live in good housing, we have clean water, standards for air quality, good nutrition, safety standards, improvements in medical science and public health measures such as vaccination. Most of us can be confident that children will survive through to adulthood."

This edition can be found at Breath Spa for Kids and was published on December 30, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 18-Prime and 18-1.....

2006-12-20T12:48:00.000-08:00

(Arrgghhh! Quantum physics be a scurvy dog!)

Due to a minor and thankfully reversible tear in the fabric of spacetime, and the resulting existence of a previously unrealized reality, two seperate editions of the 18th edition of the PGR materialized on December 19th, 2006. There is as of yet no explanation for this anomaly.

Edition 18-Prime can be found at Blog, MD while the equally impressive Edition 18-1 is located at Breath Spa for Kids.

Volume 1 Edition 17.....

2006-12-04T10:16:00.000-08:00

"1 1/2 cup raisins or dried cranberries (Or dried blueberries and/or apples) - the last thing added but the first thing noticed and savored....."

This addition can be found at the granola rules and was published on December 3rd, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 16.....

2006-11-23T20:02:00.000-08:00

"Welcome to the newest edition of Pediatric Grand Rounds. Grab a chair, get comfortable, and take a gander at the latest blogging in the field of pediatrics. "

This edition can be found at Aetiology and was published on November 19th, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 15.....

2006-11-05T20:16:00.000-08:00

"Welcome to PEDIATRIC GRAND ROUNDS !
cover: TABLE OF CONTENTS - Edition 15:

Front page: Headline News - Death in the Night! 3 posts and 1 press link about sudden infant death syndrome (SIDs).

2nd Page: Special Section on Autism (compiled by guest editor Shinga) - Posts from two fathers of autistic children, battling the myths and fairy tales of public perception. Knights in armor I'd call them... knights in armor! A third archived post by Orac - a fatal case of chelation "therapy". A fourth post by a mom who is also fighting the good fight on behalf of her autistic child but getting sucker punched in the wallet.

3rd page: General Pediatrics - The Flea Cycle by Flea; Influenza Vaccination - what are the benefits by Breath Spa for children; When babies die by Parallel Universe; I won't even read a newspaper by Clark Bartram

4th page: Specialty Pediatrics - My Miracle Baby Isn't by Vitamin K; Parent Empowerment by Parenting Solved

5th page: Family Practice / Generalists - Loose Lips by Dr Jest; The Allure of Multiple Births by Couz; Worst Case Scenario by Dr Hebert

6th page: Neonatal and Pediatric Nurses - My first NICU reunion by NeoNurseChic; Classifieds, Gossip and Public Service Announcements:

back page: Mothers of children with medical issues - Help Me by Kyla Herbert; How Long by Melissa; The Swing by Dream Mom; The post I didn't want to write by Christy; Countdown by Morena; Maybe I don't want to know by Laura The Medical Puzzler: courtesy of the Purple Puzzler"

This edition can be found at Tales from the Womb and was published on November 5th, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 14.....

2006-10-23T18:42:00.000-07:00

"I'm a big fan of modern medicine. I mean, ever-lengthening life spans? Near eradication of many serious childhood diseases? Babies tiny enough to fit into the palm of a hand growing up to run amok on playgrounds? Movies-on-demand in patient rooms? These are good medical times.
But let's face it: there's nothing scarier than a dark hospital corridor at 2 a.m. Unless maybe it's a dark hospital boiler room, at any hour of the day. Even business-as-usual, broad daylight events in a hospital can scare the sweatpants of an unsuspecting parent. Take this single day we experienced on our last PICU stay with Annika:

9:36 a.m. A member of the hospital's new Central Line Team enters the room. We smile and wave, expecting the usual check of Anni's central line dressing. Instead we were startled to see her begin to unfold a surgical towel containing line placement supplies.
Us: Excuse me.
Her: (continuing her work) Yes?
Us: Are you getting ready to place another line?
Her: (beginning to check veins for a good site) Yes.
Us: I think there's been a mistake. She's not supposed to be getting any more lines.
Her: (finally stops work long enough to give us a quick glare, before changing to a voice dripping with condescension) Your child is very sick. Your child needs to get medicine. Sometimes the doctors and nurses need to have more places to give medicine. Especially when the child is very sick. It's important the nurses can give medicines when they are needed. Because your child is very sick.
Us: (a few blinks, wondering what to make of this treatment) Um, yes. But the latest plan was to consolidate meds and pull as many lines as possible, given that she's having Mystery Fevers. To eliminate possible sources of infection. (finishing lamely)
Us: (thinking) See Dick run. Run, Dick, run! See Jane sick. Heal, Jane, heal!
Us: (contemplating central line nurse's unmistakable irritation, and signaling frantically to Anni's nurse through the window) I'm sure we would have been told, if they were planning on placing another line.The line nurse charges out of the room, clearly disgruntled at having to deal with such high-maintenance parental patient baggage.The line nurse charges back into room, gathers supplies, and heads to correct room down the hall. Where the patient who actually needed the line was waiting.

12:42 p.m. One of the PICU residents stops by to let us know they'll be stopping Anni's anti-fungal.
Us: OK. And the liver team is also on board with this?
Her: Well, I don't know if we've talked to them. But this is really not a big deal. Even if she does have a fungal infection that we're not catching, since she has a normal immune system she should be able to fight off the infection herself with no problem.
Us: (a few blinks, wondering how to respond) OK, you mean normal except for the Prograf, Cellcept, and Prednisone? [ed.: common post-transplant immunosuppression drugs]
Her: (a few blinks) Oh. She's post-transplant?

3:37 p.m. Having heard that the parents in room 228 were difficult, Infectious Disease sends not one, not two, but three residents to explain the new plan of action to fight the suspected infection.
Them: We'll be stopping antibiotics X and Y, and replace them with antibiotic Z.
Us: OK. But antibiotic Z sounds like a Cephalosporin.
Them: (smiling in agreement) Yes! It is!Us: OK. But she's allergic to Cephalosporins. (picturing in our heads the warning stickers plastered all over her chart.)

Yes, all in one day! And no exaggeration, either, except I might be a bit off on the exact times. My memory's not that freakishly accurate.

But, still, we owe our daughter's life to her doctors and nurses at her hospital. We never forget that, and we know how wondrously talented they all are. One bad, scary, wretched day notwithstanding.

Nevertheless, medicine can be vertiginously, horrifyingly, gut-wrenchingly scary. Witness the following collection. I call it: Medical Links of Doom! (doom...doom...)"

This edition can be found at The Wait and the Wonder and was published on October 22, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 13.....

2006-10-09T20:55:00.000-07:00

"Welcome to the Clubhouse!

Emergiblog is proud to host this week’s Pediatric Grand Rounds!

Volume One, Edition Thirteen!

And hopefully most of you recognize that mouthful of a title as a take-off on the old Mickey Mouse Club theme.

If you are too young to remember it, you missed a fun old show.

Of course, I was just a baby when it was on…."

This edition can be found at Emergiblog and was published on October 8, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 12.....

2006-09-24T15:21:00.000-07:00

"I welcome you all to a new edition of Pediatric Grand Rounds. This is my second Pediatric Grand Rounds , and with each Pediatric Grand Rounds, the number of submissions and the viewers is indeed increasing. The theme which i chose for today is "Medical Journal"."

This edition can be found at pediatricsinfo.com and was published on September 24, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 11.....

2006-09-13T20:52:00.000-07:00

"In the wake of recent events, many businesses and institutions have updated their ethical code for their workers. Preschoolers are constantly drilled in the foundations of ethical behaviour such as sharing, kindness, truthfulness and trustworthiness. Thanks to Elizabeth Verdick and Marieka Heinlen, young children even have codified guides in the Best Behaviour series: Teeth Are Not for Biting, Hands Are Not for Hitting, Feet Are Not for Kicking, and Words Are Not for Hurting. We're also offered, How to take the Grrr out of anger and Germs are not for sharing. Future editions and additions to the series may reflect 21st century concerns and be on the topic of Vaccines are not for harming, Blogs are not for fibbing and How to take the ouch out of disagreement.

I wonder what the authors would make of some of the stories and issues in this week's PGR and if they would suggest some new ideas and titles for them. It would be good to have some proposals."

This edition can be found at Breath Spa for Kids and was published on September 10, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 10.....

2006-08-28T20:24:00.000-07:00

"I couldn't tell you why for sure, when I was a youngster, though, my brother and I (especially during the time mother was gestating child number three) were rather dramatic. Were we trying to get (more) attention? Probably, yes.

One of the things we did often (besides put on skits about historical figures like George Washington and do commercials with household products for our parents) was to compile "fun fact to know and tell." Now, remember folks, this was prior to the Internet. This meant reading books and using paper and pencil.

Nowadays, it is so much easier. You post on your blog that you are hosting Pediatric Grand Rounds and people just send you fun facts to know and tell...! And so, in a tribute to my childhood (and perhaps yours!) here are some fun fact to know and tell..."

This edition can be found at Milliner's Dream and was published on August 27, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 9.....

2006-08-13T21:28:00.000-07:00

"Welcome to the Pediatric Grand Rounds Review and Education Program(PGRREP).

PGRREP is designed to deliver an unparalleled educational program to all those individuals interested in the myriad aspects of pediatric health care. It is available for pediatric health care professionals as well as for parents or anyone else who wants to gain a better understanding of this important topic. The following questions are based on submissions from a number of such individuals. The answers will be provided upon completion of the test."

This edition can be found at Unintelligent Design and was published on August 13, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 8.....

2006-07-30T07:16:00.000-07:00

"LAAAY-DEEES AND GEN-TLEMEN! CHILDREN OF ALL AGES! Welcome to Flea's Three-Ring Circus!!!

I am your host, Ringmaster Flea! I present to you the most fabulous acts of pediatric excellence in the Universe! Flea's Three-Ring Circus has performed before the Crowned Heads of Europe, the Presidents of the United States of America and the kids hanging out in front of White Hen Pantry!

Now, sit back and prepare to be amazed and astounded!"

This edition can be found at Flea and was published on July 30th, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 7.....

2006-07-15T17:57:00.000-07:00

"Welcome to a brand new edition of Pediatric Grand Rounds, a summary of the best in Pediatric Blogging in the past few days.

Take your cup of coffee, sit back, relax and read all the latest in the field of Pediatrics Blogosphere in the recent times. Its great to have a speciality Grand Round.

I hope our Pediatric Grand Rounds starts a whole new era to the world of Peds-Blogging and helps the child healthcare in each part of the world. After all, this is what we Pediatricians and child health care providers strive for."

This edition can be found at Pediatricsinfo.com and was published on July 15th, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 6.....

2006-07-02T08:51:00.000-07:00

"Guilt, desperation, fear and magical thinking can be powerful forces in decisions about children's healthcare and their well-being. So can resourcefulness, compassion, love and the intellectual challenge of caring for children whose lives present a rich mosaic of their own needs and circumstances that are determined by others."

This edition can be found at Breath Spa for Kids and was published on July 2, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 5

2006-06-18T09:36:00.000-07:00

"I am very proud of this edition of the PGR. It is a perfect example of the beautiful and often frustrating complexity of children and highlights the many different ways that an ill child can effect the people who raise, care for or simply live next door to them. I would love for there to be a user manual, containing easy to understand instructions in the language of your choice, that came with each and every child but there isn’t. Children can’t be pegged down like that. There are often many right ways to handle a situation, and unfortunately many wrong ways too."

This edition can be found at Unintelligent Design and was published on June 18, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 4

2006-06-04T15:55:00.000-07:00

"Hello, and welcome to the 4th edition of Pediatric Grand Rounds. Sunday is the perfect day to catch up on all the great blogging you missed throughout the week (and let’s be honest, Monday’s not too bad either). So sit back, relax and prepare yourself to be educated and entertained by some outstanding writing. And remember, in pediatrics, there are no small problems, only small patients."

This edition can be found at Anxiety, Addiction and Depression Treatments and was published on June 4th, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 3.....

2006-05-22T07:37:00.000-07:00

"Welcome to the latest edition of Virtual Pediatric Grand Rounds. Unfortunately, there will be no CMEs available for this event, nor will there be coffee or donuts. However, I hope that you will find the submission thought-provoking and timely."

This edition can be found at Blog, MD and was published on May 21, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 2.....

2006-05-07T13:25:00.000-07:00

"Shhhhh. Do you hear that. That's right, it's nice and quiet now that all of these posts have finally been put to bed. It wasn't easy though as there were a lot more of them to tuck in this time. Most of them only needed some soft music and a story before drifting off, but there were a few troublemakers in the bunch. Eventually they all settled down and daddy can get a little sleep himself now. So sit back, prop your feet up, and enjoy the second installment of the Pediatric Grand Rounds."

This edition can be found at Unintelligent Design and was published on May 7th, 2006.

Volume 1 Edition 1.....

2006-05-07T13:10:00.000-07:00

"A popular saying in pediatrics is that children aren't just little adults. The wisdom of taking this to heart when approaching all aspects of pediatric health becomes clearer every day as I progress through my training. Kids are unique and have health issues every bit as interesting and complex as adults, and the people who raise, counsel, and treat them deserve a forum to discuss these issues. I had the idea to start a pediatric version of Grand Rounds a couple of weeks ago and I received some great submissions that are a solid foundation to build on. Here goes. "

This edition can be found at Unintelligent Design and was published on April 23, 2006.

Hosting Schedule.....

2005-05-07T13:35:00.000-07:00

In the tradition of Grand Rounds, a collection of medical blogging that is published every tuesday, Pediatric Grand Rounds is a way for those interested in pediatric health issues to interact and share their thoughts. This is not meant to be only for pediatricians however. Submissions are welcome from anyone interested in topics on the health of children.

The Pediatric Grand Rounds is to be published on the first Sunday of each month. The following is the hosting schedule:

April 23, 2006-Clark Bartram at Unintelligent Design. Volume I

May 7, 2006-Clark Bartram at Unintelligent Design.

May 21, 2006-Samuel Blackman at Blog,MD.

June 4, 2006-Jon at Anxiety, Addiction and Depression Treatments.

June 18, 2006-Clark Bartram at Unintelligent Design.

July 2, 2006-Shinga at Breath Spa for Kids.

July 16, 2006-Dr. Sethi at pediatricsinfo.com.

July 30, 2006-Dr. Flea at Flea.

August 13, 2006-Clark Bartram at Unintelligent Design

August 27, 2006-Hannah at Milliner's Dream.

September 10, 2006-Shinga at Breath Spa for Kids.

September 24, 2006-Dr. Sethi at pediatricsinfo.com.

October 8, 2006-Kim at Emergiblog.

October 22, 2006-Moreena at The Wait and the Wonder.

November 5, 2006-Dr. Gordon at Tales from the Womb.

November 19, 2006-Tara at Aetiology.

December 3, 2006-The Granola at The Granola Rules.

December 17, 2006-Sam at Blog, MD.

December 30, 2006-Shinga at Breath Spa for Kids. **To be published on Saturday due to the holidays.**

January 14, 2007-Dr. Vartabedian at Parenting Sovled.

January 28, 2007-Clark Bartram at Unintelligent Design

February 11, 2007-Awesome Mom at Adventures Of An Awesome (Sometimes) Mother.

February 25, 2007-Dr. Lourdes de Asis at Allergy and Asthma Source.

March 11, 2007-Samuel Blackman at Blog,MD.

March 25, 2007-Dr. Rob at Musings of a Distractible Mind

April 8, 2007-Dr. Flea at Flea.

April 22, 2007-Clark Bartram at Unintelligent Design (One year anniversary) Volume II

May 6, 2007-Moreena at The Wait and the Wonder.

May 20, 2007-Ami at Ami Chopine

June 3, 2007-Awesome Mom at Adventures Of An Awesome (Sometimes) Mother.

June 17, 2007-Mousetrapper at Med Journal Watch

July 1, 2007- Shinga at Breath Spa for Kids.

July 15, 2007- Bryan Vartabedian at Parenting Solved

July 29, 2007-Walter at Highlight Health

August 12, 2007- Cancelled

**Change to monthly publication**

September 2, 2007- Clark Bartram at Unintelligent Design

October 7, 2007- Dr. Ben at Dr. Ben's Blog

November 4, 2007-Tara at Aetiology

December 2, 2007-Thomas Robey at Hope for Pandora

January 6, 2008-TBA

February 3, 2008-TBA

March 2, 2008-TBA

April 6, 2008-TBA Volume III