paediatrics for gps dr laura weidner mbchb mrcgp pgcmde gp partner / new trainer at southmead...
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PAEDIATRICS FOR GPSDr Laura Weidner
MBChB MRCGP PGCMDEGP partner / new trainer at Southmead Surgery
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Introduction
• Who am I & who are you?
• Plan for the afternoon: Quiz, Cases, Rashes
• Please share you own cases / experience
• Resources
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How are GPs unique?
• Gatekeepers to hospital – know when to refer
• Deal with all the minor childhood illnesses
• Supporting parents in caring for their children day-to-day
Practicalities of life as a GP – top things I think you need to know
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WHAT DOES A GP HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT PAEDIATRICS?
Team quiz…
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Common GP Problems
Case stories…
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My child is constipated…
• Red flags – blood, faltering growth, meconium• Think coeliac / hypothyroidism• NICE - Movicol 1st line +/- stimulant• Movicol –licensed >5 faecal impaction and >2
chronic constipation• Maintenance = half dis-impaction dose• Ask diet / fluids / behavioural rewards / regular
toileting
NICE guidelines [CG99] Published date: May 2010
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My son’s foreskin doesn’t retract….
• By 3y 90% have retractile foreskins • Of those that are not, 90% improve by age 15y• Diprosone od 4-6w 70% success
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My babies eyes are always sticky…
• Imperforate valve of Muller• 90% clear spontaneously• Try lacrimal massage tds 20 squeezes for 3m• Refer 12m for probing (success greatest <2y)• Sooner if >3 conjunctivitis
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My daughter has sore bits…
• Worms?• Thrush?• Contact dermatitis - Bubble baths? Tights?• Think child protection
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My baby cries a lot…
• Physical exam to exclude organic cause• Growth chart• Screen for maternal depression
• Colic? =Paroxysmal uncontrollable crying in an otherwise healthy baby <3m age with >3h crying / day in >3d / wk for >3w
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My baby vomits a lot…
• Think about organic causes e.g. pyloric stenosis, volvulus
• Behavioural measures – feed propped up, feed volumes, winding
• Trial gaviscon / ranitidine• Refer if failing to thrive despite simple
measures• Reassure and review
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I think my baby has a food allergy…
• Top food allergens – milk (CMP 2-7% children), eggs, nuts, wheat• Consider if multi-system sx or dose dependent sx or failure
to respond to rx for eczema / GORD / constipation• IgE within 20m – urticaria / angiooedema• Non IgE – eczema / GORD / diarrhoea• Rx – elimination (4-6w), dietician• Refer if – IgE mediated, severe, failure to thrive, atopic,
multiple food allergies, diagnostic uncertainty, non-resolution
• Most outgrow – 3y for non IgE and 5y for IgE• 1° lactose intolerance rare (except after gastroenteritis)
NICE guidelines [CG116] Published date: February 2011
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My child ‘just isn’t right’ doc…
E.g. headache, tummy aches
•Try to pin them down•Acute or chronic•Ask about red flags eg sweats, failure to thrive•Examine – glands, organomegaly•Height / Weight•Document•Review
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SPOT DIAGNOSIS
My picture quiz…
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Anyone share any stories…
What’s the oddest thing you’ve ever been asked?
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Survival tips…
• How do you deal with all the odd questions you are asked – paeds, colleagues, personal experience, friends, super nanny!
• Be aware of local funding priorities e.g. tonsillectomy
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Resources
• NICE: febrile child, UTI in children, food allergy in children
• Local hospital or CCG guidelines
• Local support: – Colleagues– GPwSI?– Paeds line Mon-Fri 1-2pm 07919-175643
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References
• Google images
• Dr Martin Kittel (Forest End Medical Centre – Bracknell)