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Sunday House Call, #445, June 23, 2013: Ain't Nobody Got Time for That
Sunday House Call, #445, June 23, 2013: Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topics today include: Your comments on the plight of an 8 year-old boy suffering from severe mental illness and the inability of Behavioural Disorders Clinic at CHEO to sway from their protocols hence leaving him and his family to wait.
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Examining claims of vaccine harm
As the focus of attention turns to the H1N1 outbreak that is now occurring across the country, the public faces an array of information sources that will influence their opinion about vaccination. There have been many claims and critiques about the H1N1 vaccine and it has become a springboard to envelop other vaccines and vaccination…
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Benefits of repairing ACL tears in children
Original broadcast date: September 6, 2009 Injuries are unfortunately part of the risk of participating in sporting activities. For adults, there seems to be a specific treatment pathway for various types of injuries but for children, questions remain about its management. One such injury is an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear. A study presented at…
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Expanded Prevnar vaccine in the works
Amongst the myriad of childhood vaccine success stories, the introduction of Prevnar 6 years ago to guard against infections stemming from the bacterium streptococcal pneumonia, has protected countless children from bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, and middle ear infections; this form of pneumococcal disease is the number one vaccine-preventable cause of death in children younger than five…
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Improving accuracy of asthma diagnosis
Findings published in the November 18, 2008 edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggest that approximately 30 per cent of Canadians diagnosed with asthma may not have the disease. The question is how the diagnosis was determined in the first place and what can be done to improve diagnostic accuracy. Dr. Shawn Aaron, Senior…
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Rotavirus vaccine reommended by NACI
Original broadcast date: January 27, 2008 This week the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommended “individual infants and their families are likely to benefit from immunization with the pentavalent rotavirus vaccine. The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians supports this recommendation. Dr. Vincent Grant, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children’s Hospital and…
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Case study: Antibiotic-resistant strain of strep pneumoniae
Original broadcast date: January 13, 2008 There were reports in November 2007 about an antibiotic-resistant strain of streptococcal pneumonia that caused a small number of childhood ear infections in Massachusetts and New York State. One case was reported at SickKids in Toronto wherein it progressed to meningitis. The strain 19A was treated with an antibiotic…
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Pediatric safety concerns about OTC cough and cold products
An October 11, 2007 media advisory from Health Canada raised concerns regarding the safety of “over-the-counter” (non-prescription) cough and cold products in children. An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration called for all over-the-counter pediatric cough and cold medicines to be banned. Pharmaceutical companies have issued a voluntary recall of these products…