Podcast: paediatric infectious disease

Is this child’s rash an infectious disease, or something else? It can be hard for GPs to tell. Infectious conditions affecting children are the topic of this Clinical Update podcast, with our presenters, the MIMS Learning editors, passing on expert clinicians’ tips on diagnosing paediatric pertussis, measles, skin rashes, and scarlet fever. They also discuss the MIMS Learning campaign on health inequalities.After listening to this module, healthcare professionals should be more aware of signs and symptoms of common conditions, and of how to manage contacts and cases.You can access the website version of this podcast on MIMS Learning to make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.Useful linksDownloadable PDF of health inequalities resourcesHealth inequalities PDFMIMS Learning modules discussed in this episodePaediatric pertussis clinical reviewAcute erythematous rashes in childrenMeasles updatePodcast: breathlessness, diabetes and frailty and measlesScarlet feverInvasive group A streptococcusFever of unknown origin in childrenFurther readingUK HSA. Whooping cough cases continue to rise. 9 May 2024.UK HSA. Latest data on scarlet fever. 4 April 2024.Register to access contentRegister for a free MIMS Learning healthcare professional account Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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