Pediatrics Resources

Preventative Care

• Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule | AAP

• Periodicity Schedule | AAP (Recommendations for Preventative Pediatric Health Care)

• Bright Futures Pocket Guide 4e | AAP

• Bright Futures Medical Screening Reference Tables | AAP

• Bright Futures Tool and Resource Kit | AAP

• Bright Futures Toolkit: Links to Commonly Used Screening Instruments and Tools

• HEEADSSS Assessments

Pediatric Vital Signs

• Blood Pressure Z-Scores | Baylor
• Pediatric Vital Signs

Pathways

• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Clinical Pathways Library

• Children’s Minnesota Clinical guidelines and decision support

• Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Pediatric Clinical Pathways

• Stanford Clinical Pathway Program

• Pathways4Kids

Current Management Guidelines (From Societies)

• Acute Kidney Injury, 2026 KDIGO

• Asthma, 2026 GINA

  • Asthma Classifications

• Asthma, 2024 NICE

• COPD, 2026 GOLD

• Diabetes Standards of Care, ADA

• Kawasaki Disease, 2024 AHA

• Hyperbilirubinemia (35+ weeks), 2022 AAP

  • TcB vs TSB Recheck

• Urinary Tract Infections, 2025 IDSA

Education

Anesthesia and Critical Care

• 2025 AHA Algorithms

• Learn PICU

• Pediatric Critical Care Reference Guide: PICU Handbook | U Iowa

• Pediatric Anesthesia Pocket Card | Johns Hopkins

• Pocket Guides in Anesthesia and Intensive Care

• Pediatric Pain Pocket Reference | Stanford

• Capnography

• ICU One Pager

• Trauma ICU

• Pediatric Acute Pain Management | Children’s Minnesota

• VentSim (requires a Google account; interactive ventilator graphs)

• Internet Book of Critical Care | EMCrit Project (great for toxicology)

  • Refeeding Syndrome

• NICU Learning Nest

• Perinatology

• Online supplement to the Boston Children’s Hospital Cardiac ICU Handbook

Antibiotics

• BugDrugDX

• Introductory Guide to Antibiotics | Northwestern

• Antibiotic Susceptibilities in Intensive Care

• Antimicrobial Spectrum | Wikipedia

• Beta-Lactam Cross-Reactivity Side-Chain Chart | Northwestern

• Beta-Lactam Antibiotic Cross-Allergy Chart

• Microbe Invader game

Imaging

Ultrasound

• Highland Ultrasound (ultrasound resource, with info on nerve blocks)

• POCUS 101

• POCUS Atlas Jr

• Pediatric POCUS Pocket Cards | ACEP

• Sonoguide | ACEP

• IMAIOS e-Anatomy (paid service)

• Ultrasoundpaedia (mix of free and paid content, specific links here are free)

  • Neonatal Head Normal

  • Paediatric Renal Normal

  • Intussusception

  • Hip Normal

• Neonatal Head Ultrasound Protocol | UW Medicine (includes labeled examples)

X-Rays

• Normal Pediatric Bone X-Rays

• Normal Pediatric Imaging Examples | Radiopedia

• Pediatric Normal Imaging Studies by Age | CaseStacks (X-rays free, CT and MRI require a subscription)

• Pediatric Imaging (Online textbook)

• Peds Cases

  • Approach to Pediatric Abdominal X-Rays
  • Approach to Pediatric Chest X-Rays
  • Musculoskeletal Radiology in Children - Part 1
  • MSK Radiology series - Part 2
  • MSK Radiology series - Part 3 + 4
  • MSK Radiology series - Part 5 and 6
  • MSK Radiology series - Part 7
  • Pediatric Elbow Radiographs

• Normal for Age | UCSD Musculoskeletal Radiology

• Pediatrics Index | Radiology Assistant

EKGs

• ECG Simulator

• ECG Monitoring Quiz (interactive)

• ECGpedia

• Arrhythmia Recognition | GE Healthcare

Laws

• Minor Consent and Confidentiality: A Compendium of State and Federal Laws | National Center for Youth Law
• Seizure Driving Laws | Epilepsy Foundation

Medications

• Asthma and COPD Medicines Chart | American Lung Association
• Comparison of Insulins (United States) | Pharmacist’s Letter
• MC3 Psychopharmacology Reference Cards

Medical Technology

• PANTHER Program for Diabetes Technology

Nutrition

• Clinical Nutrition Handbook | Children’s Wisconsin

• Estimating Calorie and Protein Needs | Children’s Wisconsin

• ASPEN Enteral Nutrition Formula Guide

  • ASPEN Infant Formulas

  • Abbott Pediatric Products

    • Similac

  • Kate Farms Products

  • MeadJohnson Products

    • Enfamil, Nutramigen, PurAmino

  • Nestle Medical Hub Products

    • Alfamino, Boost

  • Nutricia Neocate Products

Videos

• Videos in Clinical Medicine | NEJM

• Basic Vent Modes | ICU Advantage

• Advanced Vent Modes | ICU Advantage

• Arterial Line Waveform | ICU Advantage

• Pulmonary Artery (PA) Catheter Waveforms | ICU Advantage

• High-Yield Guide To Ventilators In The ICU | Conan Liu, M.D.

• Ventilator Waveforms & Troubleshooting Made Easy | Conan Liu, M.D.

Patient Education Resources

• MC3 Pediatric Resource Library (behavioral and mental health)

Tools and Calculators

• Newborn Weight Tool | Newt

• Premie BiliRecs | Stanford

• BiliTool

• Neonatal Adjusted Age Calculator

• Growth Chart Calculator

• Pedigree Chart Designer (free for Mac, Windows, and Linux)

MDCalc

• Maintenance Fluids Calculations

• Oxygenation Index

• Sodium Correction Rate in Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia

• Sodium Deficit in Hyponatremia

• Free Water Deficit in Hypernatremia

• Sodium Correction for Hyperglycemia

• Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME) Calculator

• Opiate Conversion Calculator

• Steroid Conversion Calculator

• Cornell Assessment of Pediatric Delirium (CAPD)

• Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS)

• Withdrawal Assessment Tool (WAT-1) for Pediatric Withdrawal

• PEWS Score

  • Grading sheet: what to do based on PEWS Score

• PRAM Score for Asthma

• Respiratory Score for Asthma

• Neonatal Abstinence Score

• APGAR Score

Apps

• MiniMAGIC, iOS and Android

• Pedi STAT, iOS and Android

  • Not free, but calculates dosages for common medications (and code meds)

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