Aug 27, 2019
Renal tubular acidosis, or RTA, refers to a group of disorders characterized by defective renal acid-base regulation. The capacity for normal urinary acidification is impaired, resulting in net acid retention and hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis. In this episode, Danielle Soranno, MD reviews basic mechanisms of the...
Aug 20, 2019
Hirschsprung disease occurs in approximately one in 5,000 newborns. Despite advances in the diagnosis and management of the disease, patients remain at risk for long-term gastrointestinal morbidity, including obstructive symptoms, fecal incontinence, and enterocolitis, with negative implications on quality of life. In...
Aug 13, 2019
Cryptorchidism or undescended testis (UDT) is one of the most common pediatric disorders of the male endocrine glands and the most common genital disorder identified at birth. The main reasons for treatment of cryptorchidism include increased risks of impairment of fertility potential, testicular malignancy, torsion...
Aug 6, 2019
Welcome to Season 3 of Charting Pediatrics!
In today's season kick-off show we discuss the most common bleeding disorders in pediatrics through the lens of the CBC with Tazio Nakano, MD.
Dr. Nakano is Medical Director of the Vascular Malformation and Tumor Center at Children's Hospital Colorado and is Assistant...