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Join us on Practicing Paediatrics as we explore the world of paediatric audiovestibular medicine. In this episode Dr Maria Tsitsika speaks to Dr Surangi Mendis about vestibular dysfunction, covering definitions, anatomy, physiology, examination, investigation and management.

Peer reviewed by Dr Hannah Blanchford.

Glossary

PoTs - Postural tachycardia syndrome.

CMV - congenital CMV.

CHARGE syndrome - a disorder that affects many areas of the body. CHARGE is an abbreviation for coloboma, heart defects, atresia (choanal), growth retardation, genital abnormalities, ear abnormalities.

Usher syndrome - a rare genetic syndrome that affects vision and hearing as well as the vestibular system in some children.

Pendred syndrome - a genetic disorder that causes hearing loss, thyroid dysfunction and vestibular difficulties in some children.

Saccades - rapid movement of the eye between fixation points.

Smooth pursuit - eye movement when the eye remains fixated on a moving object.

Additional resources

Dasgupta, S., Mandala, M., Salerni, L., Crunkhorn, R., & Ratnayake, S. (2020). Dizziness and balance problems in children. Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 22, 1-19.

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Welcome to Practicing Paediatrics, concise introductions to specialist conditions treated at GOSH: In today's episode we speak to Prof Juan Kaski, consultant cardiologist and the director of the Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit at GOSH. We talk about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, covering definitions and aetiology, presentation, screening and diagnosis, and management.

Peer review by Dr Gabrielle Norrish.

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Did you know that GOSH runs Mock Exam sessions for the MRCPCH? Find out more here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/gosh-learning-academy/education-and-training/postgraduate-medical-education/mrcpch-examinations/mock-examinations/

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Resources mentioned:

European Society of Cardiology "Guidelines for the management of cardiomyopathies": https://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines/Cardiomyopathy-Guidelines

HCM Risk Kids Score: hcmriskkids.org

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This new podcast features the medical student ambassadors at Great Ormond Street Hospital, along with GOSH's undergraduate lead and NICU consultant, Dr Cristine Sortica Da Costa. In each episode they will be focussing on a different specialty within paediatrics, and interviewing a consultant in that specialty about their daily routine, their personal career pathway, the highlights of their job, as well as their advice to medical students and junior doctors interested in a future career in paediatrics.

In this episode Cristine talks to Ms Dhanya Mullassery, a paediatric general surgeon at GOSH.

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Welcome to Practicing Paediatrics, the series where we explore specialist topics in Paediatric medicine with experts from Great Ormand Street Hospital (GOSH). In the first of this two part episode we are talking to Dr Khushnuma Mullanfiroze, a speciality doctor at GOSH, about bone marrow transplants (BMTs). Part 1 focusses on the principles behind BMTs, types of BMT, and BMT indications.

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All this week on GOSHpods, we are looking at pathways in to leadership positions: interviewing several senior members of staff, both clinical and non-clinical, about their career journey and their experiences of leadership and management.

In this episode, I am speaking to Tracy Luckett, the Chief of Nursing at Great Ormond Street.

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