Volume 7 - Issue 10 - October 2008

Consultant for Pediatricians

What's Your Diagnosis?
What's Your Diagnosis?
Healthy Infant With Unusual Indentation in His Gluteal Crease
04/29/2011
By CHRISTY BLAKE, RNC, MSN, CPNP and GOLDER N. WILSON, MD, PhD, ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD—Series Editor
Ms Blake is a nurse practitioner and Dr Wilson is clinical professor of pediatrics at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo. Dr Leung is clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary and pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children's Hospital.
By CHRISTY BLAKE, RNC, MSN, CPNP and ...
The patient has an unusual sacral crease and sacral dimple.
04/29/2011
pediatric migraine
pediatric migraine
Adolescent With Syncope—Or Something Else?
04/29/2011
By AMBER PATTERSON, MD and RAMALINGA REDDY, MD | October 1, 2008
University of Toledo College of Medicine and St Vincent Mercy Children’s Hospital
Dr Patterson is a third-year resident in the department of pediatrics and Dr Reddy is clinical professor in the division of pediatric pulmonary medicine at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and St Vincent Mercy Children's Hospital in Ohio.
By AMBER PATTERSON, MD and RAMALINGA ...
A 16-year-old boy presented for evaluation of asthma and exercise-induced bronchospasm.
04/29/2011
pediatric migraine
pediatric migraine
Ménétrier Disease
04/29/2011
By DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD R. SHAOUL, MD and M. LURIE, MD | October 1, 2008
 

Dr Kamat is professor of pediatrics at Wayne State University in Detroit.He is also director of the Institute of Medical Education and vice chair of education at Children's Hospital of Michigan, both in Detroit.B'nai Zion Medical Center, Technion, Haifa, Israel

By DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD R. SHAOUL...
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04/29/2011
pediatric migraine
pediatric migraine
Keratoconus With Acute Hydrops
04/29/2011
By JOSEPHINE-LIEZL P. CUETO, MD and JING CHENG ZHAO, MD | October 1, 2008
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pa
By JOSEPHINE-LIEZL P. CUETO, MD and J...
Keratoconus is a corneal abnormality characterized by a conical shape and central stromal thinning.
04/29/2011
Dermclinic
Dermclinic
Which topical therapy would be best for treating this patient's facial psoriasis?
04/29/2011
By Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC
 
 
Dr Barber is a consultant dermatologist at Alberta Children's Hospital and clinical associate professor of medicine and community health sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
By Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC   &n...
This 9-year-old girl has extensive psoriasis and is currently receiving narrowband UVB phototherapy for her body plaques.
04/29/2011
pediatric migraine
pediatric migraine
Controlling Pediatric Migraine—Continued
04/29/2011
Many attempts at showing efficacy in triptan trials in children have been unsuccessful because of the very high rate of placebo response.
04/29/2011
maternal SSRI use on newborns
maternal SSRI use on newborns
New CDC Campaign to Combat MRSA
04/29/2011
It is estimated that 12% of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are now community- associated.1 To combat the rising incidence o
04/29/2011
maternal SSRI use on newborns
maternal SSRI use on newborns
Another Potential Effect of Maternal SSRI Use on Newborns
04/29/2011
LARISSA HIRSCH, MD and CHARLES A. POHL, MD – Series Editor
Dr Hirsch is a clinical instructor of pediatrics at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. She is also a medical editor for www.KidsHealth.org. Dr Pohl is professor of pediatrics and associate dean of student affairs and career counseling at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia
LARISSA HIRSCH, MD and CHARLES A. POH...
<P>In the newborn nursery, pediatricians commonly encounter infants born to mothers who were receiving selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for depression during pregnancy.</P>
04/29/2011
allergic reaction
allergic reaction
How Do You Read These Images?
04/29/2011
By EVA ILSE RUBIO, MD—Series Editor
 
Dr Rubio is a pediatric radiologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
By EVA ILSE RUBIO, MD—Series Editor &...
A 27-month-old girl is brought in for evaluation of hoarseness. She was born prematurely, at 27 weeks' gestation, and spent her first 4 months in the neonatal ICU.
04/29/2011
allergic reaction
allergic reaction
Nickel Dermatitis
04/29/2011

JONATHAN STUART CRANE, DO, ERIN GRIFFIN, BS, and CHRISTINE COOK, CCRC
Wilmington, NC 

JONATHAN STUART CRANE, DO, ERIN GRIFF...
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04/29/2011
sleep in children and youths
sleep in children and youths
Halloweenmania
04/29/2011

By HOWARD FISCHER, MD | October 1, 2008

By HOWARD FISCHER, MD | October 1, 20...
  
04/29/2011
congenital anomalies
congenital anomalies
Risky Business, Part 2: Communicating Medical Risks to Patients and Parents
04/29/2011
By MARTHA A. HELLEMS, MD, MS GREGORY F. HAYDEN, MD | October 1, 2008
University of Virginia
Dr Hellems is associate professor of pediatrics and director of resident research in the department of pediatrics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville. Dr Hayden is professor of pediatrics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
By MARTHA A. HELLEMS, MD, MS GREGORY ...
Put yourself in the place of the parent of a 15-month-old girl who is being seen by her pediatrician for a well-child visit and routine immunizations.
04/29/2011