A 6-week-old girl was brought to the office for evaluation of a rash. The mother reported that the infant also had been fussy and had not been eating well, but had had no fever and was otherwise fine. ...
A 20-month-old boy presented with difficulty walking and an abnormal gait secondary to reported back pain. The pain had gradually worsened over the previous 2 months and was relieved temporarily with...
A 5-week-old African American girl presented for her 2-week well-child visit. She had been born at 35 weeks’ gestation to a mother who was HIV-positive but who took no antiretroviral medications during...
Ron Mitchell, MD; Rachel St. John, MD, CMHC, NCC, NIC-A
A 10-year-old girl with moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss was seen in the otorhinolaryngology clinic for a follow-up visit. She wore her hearing aids regularly, both in school and at home. ...
A previously healthy 8-year-old boy presented after having injured his left arm while playing football 2 weeks prior. Radiographs obtained at that time showed no fractures.
A 10-year-old girl presented with a 3-month history of right knee pain and difficulty walking after her pet German shepherd bumped her leg. She also complained of a 2-week history of hair growth below her...
Adam Tawney; Larisa V. Debelenko, MD, PhD; Sureyya Savasan, MD; Kathleen Meert, MD; Eric J. McGrath, MD; Hazar Kobayaa, MD
An 8-year-old boy who had undergone an orthotopic heart transplant at 2 years of age for dilated cardiomyopathy, and who was on chronic immunosuppression with tacrolimus, received a diagnosis of acute...
Neelkamal S. Soares, MD; Rebecca Drumheller; Cora M. Taylor, PhD
My daughter has been hospitalized with a serious illness that will require many invasive procedures. It was suggested that child life services be involved in her care. What can a child life specialist do...
An 11-month-old girl presented to the ED with a 1-week history of upper respiratory infection symptoms and an intermittent fever as well as a 5-day history of a right-sided limp.
The presence of ambiguous genitalia is an endocrine and social emergency that requires the efficient determination the sex of the infant and the underlying cause.
