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Pediatric Specialty Care in the Time of COVID: Managing Blood Disorders and Cancer
Two UCSF pediatric hematologist-oncologists discuss COVID risks for pediatric patients with sickle cell and other blood diseases or cancer. Guidance includes which children need hospitalization, when to give preventive therapies for coagulopathies, and when to delay – or not delay – regularly scheduled treatments.
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Genetic Testing Update: When Is Exome Sequencing Valuable in Prenatal Diagnosis?
In this webinar, maternal-fetal medicine and genetics specialists, Drs. Mary Norton and Teresa Sparks discuss advances in genetic testing.
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Pediatric COVID: How to Manage Families and Severe Cases
In this video, two of UCSF’s pediatric infectious disease specialists provide an important update. Find out when to suspect MIS-C, a serious syndrome that can affect a child’s heart, and which treatments help. Then learn how to guide families with a positive test on isolation practices and community resources.
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Pediatric COVID-19: Epidemiology, Transmission, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis
UCSF pediatric infectious disease specialist, Prachi Singh, DO, provides an update on COVID-19 in California, followed by a briefing on what’s currently known about SARS-Co-V-2 in kids. Know the signs that may look like other diseases, when to test, and the value of PCR versus various types of serologic testing.
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Cardiac MRI and 3D+ Technologies: Transformative Care in Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiac imaging specialist Dr. Shafkat Anwar explains how MRI facilitates better management of patients born with heart defects, while technologies such as 3D printing can improve surgical planning, efficiency, outcomes and training.
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease: Can We Make a Difference?
Anita Moon-Grady, MD, FAAP, FACC, discusses congenital heart disease (CHD), the most common cause of infant death due to birth defect in the United States.
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Fetal Arrhythmias
Walter Li, MD, discusses the various types of fetal arrhythmias, the use of advanced imaging in diagnosis, and the medical therapies used to control arrhythmias, both before and after birth.
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The Difference Between Dichorionic and Monochorionic Twins
The number of placentas that a twin pregnancy has is critical in determining the best way to safely care for the pregnancy. Perinatologist and twin expert, Dr. Larry Rand, discusses the importance of early diagnosis and frequent monitoring.
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Unequal Placental Sharing
Monochorionic twins have to share a single placenta but don’t always share it equally. Perinatologist and twin expert, Dr. Larry Rand, describes the clinical markers of this condition and when frequent ultrasound surveillance is important.
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Monochorionic Twins
Monochorionic twins are identical twins who share a single placenta between them. Two of the more significant complications that arise in these pregnancies are discussed by perinatologist and twin expert, Dr. Larry Rand.
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Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome: Part 2 of 2
Perinatologist and twin expert, Dr. Larry Rand, describes the risks and advantages of placental laser ablation therapy, the best treatment for TTTS that has reached stage 2 and beyond, as well as the expected long-term outcomes.
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Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome: Part 1 of 2
Perinatologist and twin expert, Dr. Larry Rand, explains the clinical characteristics of TTTS, how it is diagnosed, the various stages of the condition and why it is so important to differentiate between those stages.
