Pediatric Residency - A First Year Resident's Diary !

Joining Pediatrics ?

Welcome to this world of little wonders! 🌈👶💜 1.Memorize the new normal : To identify what's abnormal one must first know what is the normal range.Vital parameters in pediatric population for instance HR,RR,BP,CRT are very different from what we have been learning for adults.

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Some protips before you join residency !

🔸Invest luxuriously in a good pair of footwear (Skechers/crocs/Clarke)
🔸A side bag to carry all essential stuff that you will need on the go.

A thread... 🔸If you are going to be a pediatric/medicine resident buy that littmann ur planning to buy later coz u think u might loose it Every one uses littmann and most consultants expect u to carry ur own.
Also it's a pride feeling to carry one !

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It Happened Here: The Apgar Score !

Most of medical science as we see it now is a piece of evolution that has been tried and tested and borne the testimony of time and hardships of the pioneers.
Dr.Virginia Apgar,a professor of Anaesthesiology at Columbia University.

A thread. Before the birth of APGAR score as we knew it,many neonates lost their lives to the lack of understanding of assessment of a neonate in the first few minutes of life.
Dr.Virgina attended countless births and began to lay the foundation for the Apgar score, as newborn circulatory