Re: Medical conditions on peds medical floor?
hi! i also work on a paeds medical floor with a mixture of general and infectious disease.
Common respiratory- bronchiolitis, pneumonia, asthma, pertussis, apnoeas
Infectious- gastroenteritis, chicken pox, Tb, tropical diseases eg. typhoid., HIV, MRSA, ESBL, VRE
Skin- eczema, cellulitis, staph scalded skin
Also, seizures, abuse (non accidental injuries), anorexia nervosa, head injuries, ingestion/ severe intoxication, failure to thrive/ feeding issues.
Also kids with syndromes that dont fit under any specific specialty, babies that get kicked out of NICU when they get too 'big' but still have ongoing problems.
And children from other specialties who need isolation rooms- eg. cardiac kids with resp infections, oncology kids with febrile neutropenia, surgical kids with 'superbugs' etc.
And im sure i've forgotten to include lots of our most common conditions! Generally MOST patients are less than 1 year of age but it is variable.
Basically it is a great place to get general experience as a new grad!!! Kids from all over the hospital will come through general paeds and its a nice mix of generally well children with an acute illness and chronic kids that come and go who you get to know really well!
All the best!!!!!!
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