Volume 5 - Issue 8 - August 2006

Consultant for Pediatricians

Featured
Review Article
Review Article
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Musculoskeletal infections in children encompass a broad spectrum of entities that vary greatly in severity and complexity.
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Photo Essay
Photo Essay
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Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP; C. Pion Kao, MD
For 2 days, a 4-year-old girl had complained of discomfort and a yellow discharge from the left eye.
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Medical profession
Medical profession
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Laurie Meng, PA-C
After falling down a flight of stairs, a toddler was diagnosed with a growth plate fracture in his ankle.
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Medical profession
Medical profession
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August 1, 2006

August 1, 2006
This 18-year-old girl had been taking divalproex for seizure disorder for 2 years.
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Case In Point
Case In Point
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Ellen Bass, MD, MPH; Dante Pappano, MD, MPH
Bladder knots following transurethral catheterization occur almost exclusively in young boys who have been catheterized with a feeding tube.
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Medical profession
Medical profession
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Robert Giusti, MD; Daniel Gelfond, MD
A 12-year-old boy from Pakistan presented with weakness, night sweats, anorexia, and chronic cough of 2 months' duration.
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Medical profession
Medical profession
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Robert L. Hendren, DO
 
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Medical profession
Medical profession
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Howard Fischer, MD
<DIV id=article-content-body> <P>This past February, I wrote an editorial for this journal called "Skeptical Sentiments."<SUP>1</SUP> In that essay, I mentioned the...
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Medical profession
Medical profession
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August 1, 2006

August 1, 2006
An 8-year-old boy was brought to the emergency department with fever, bloody and mucous diarrhea, and abdominal pain.
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Developmental Delay
Developmental Delay
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July 31, 2006

July 31, 2006
Infants and toddlers will put just about anything into their mouths.
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Developmental Delay
Developmental Delay
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Michael I. Reiff, MD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed bio-behavioral disorder of childhood.
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Developmental Delay
Developmental Delay
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ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD–Series Editor, WM. LANE M. ROBSON, MD, and HARDALLY R. HEGDE, MD
Dr Leung is clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary and pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, Alberta. Dr Robson is medical director of The Childrens’ Clinic in Calgary. Dr Hegde is a pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.


 
ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD–Series Edit...
Six-year-old East Indian boy delivered by normal spontaneous vaginal delivery to a para 3, gravida 2, 42-year-old mother following uncomplicated, full-term pregnancy.
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Photoclinic
Photoclinic
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Howard Fischer, MD; Abha Sharma, MD
A 27-month-old boy is brought by his mother to the emergency department with a 1-day history of sluggish behavior and unsteady gait.
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Pediatrics
Pediatrics
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Atiya Khan, MD, MRCP; Suzy Mascaro-Walter, MSN, CFNP
Schizencephaly can be unilateral or bilateral and may present as an isolated malformation or be associated with other brain abnormalities.
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infection
infection
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Robert L. Hendren, DO
Is there a biomarker for the diagnosis of ADHD?
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infection
infection
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Adelaide S. Robb, MD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is very common.
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Pediatrics
Pediatrics
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Jodi Ganz, MD; Flora S. Kim, BA
A solitary mastocytoma is the most common cutaneous mastocytoses in children. Most cases resolve on their own, but a skin biopsy may be necessary in atypical cases.
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infection
infection
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Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC
For several months, a 12-year-old boy has been bothered by intermittent pruritus of the feet.
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Chest pain
Chest pain
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Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD; Prashant V. Mahajan, MD, MPH, MBA; Manu Kundra, MD; Marney Gundlach, MD
Chest pain in children evokes anxiety in patients and their parents—and prompts frequent visits to the pediatrician's office, urgent care facility, or emergency department.
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Photoclinic
Photoclinic
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Jack-Ky Wang, MD; Laurie Meng, PA-C
Right lower leg pain prompted a 15-year-old boy to seek medical attention.
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dermatophyte infections
dermatophyte infections
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Joe R. Monroe, PA-C, MPAS, PA
The parents of a 3-year-old girl sought evaluation of their daughter's hair loss.
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