A healthy, 5-month-old girl presented with a 3-day history of bilateral leg pain and associated crying, particularly when her parents held her legs during diaper changes.
Nisha Rathore, MD; Nayf Edrees, MD; Thomas Howard, MD; Matthew A. Kutny, MD; James Post, MD
A 3-day-old girl underwent a routine screening complete blood count, the results of which were significant for thrombocytopenia as evidenced by a platelet count of 29 × 103/µL.
Adrienne G. DePorre, MD; Cary Sauer, MD; Alvin J. Freeman, MD
A 15-year-old, previously healthy girl presented to our emergency department (ED) with concern for decreased oral intake, cramping abdominal pain, and at least 10 episodes of nonbilious, nonbloody emesis. ...
A 6-year-old girl presented with a 1-year history of verrucous papules on the lips and oral mucosa extending to the surrounding skin, consistent with HPV infection.
The risk of significant morbidity and mortality is higher in children than in adults because of their smaller body size in relation to the dose of venom. In this article, we present 2 pediatric case reports...
Sharla Rent, MD; Katherine Forrester, MD; Marta King, MD
A 19-year-old African American young adult with systemic lupus erythematosus presented to the emergency department with acute agitation and altered mental status.
Jeffrey W. Taub, MD; Muhammad Ubaidulhaq, MD; Samie Ullah Ahmed, MD
A 17-year-old African American boy with sickle cell disease was admitted to the emergency department with a 4-day history of sharp, stabbing abdominal pain and lower back pain.
Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Editor, and Benjamin Barankin, MD
Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Edit...
A boy was born to a 26-year-old, gravida 2, para 1 mother at 36 weeks’ gestation after an uncomplicated pregnancy. Cesarean delivery was performed because of fetal distress.
In the pre-vaccine era, virtually every child developed measles. The U.S. birth rate in the immediate pre-vaccine era was more than 4 million per year, so on average, more than 10,000 new cases of measles...
A 14-year-old African American girl with past medical history of asthma and a family history of eczema presented with a 3-month history of progressively worsening pruritic rash.
