Syndromic Craniosynostosis - PediaCast 440

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4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Drs Gregory Pearson and Ibrahim Khansa visit the studio as we explore syndromic craniosynostosis. This condition impacts growth of a baby’s skull. We discuss the cause, symptoms, diagnosis, management, complications and long-term outlook for kids affected by this disorder. We hope you can join us!

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0:00.0	This is PediCast.
0:20.7	Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.
0:24.8	And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.
0:30.1	Hello, everyone, and welcome.
0:32.1	Once again to Pediacast.
0:34.0	It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.
0:37.8	This is Dr. Mike, coming to you from the campus of nationwide children's hospital.
0:42.6	We're in Columbus, Ohio.
0:44.3	It is episode 440 for August 20th, 2019.
0:49.5	We're calling this one syndromic craniosynastosis.
0:53.7	I want to welcome you to the program.
0:56.2	The title of today's episode is a mouthful, so let me say it again,
1:02.0	syndromic craniacinistosis. And it's one of those problems that does not have a common name.
1:09.4	So we're stuck with the medical term.
1:11.6	But we're gonna break it down right here from the beginning
1:13.6	and explain exactly what it means.
1:16.6	Syndromeic is not too difficult.
1:18.6	A syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms
1:21.6	often tied to a genetic condition.
1:25.6	Cranio synestosis is a bit more difficult. Cranio refers to the head,
1:31.2	in this case, the skull in particular. Cynastosis is the medical term for the fusing together
1:38.2	of bones that are next to one another. And you can sort of see this in the definition,
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