Dr Gibson is acting program director of the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Emergency Medicine Residency, a joint Air Force and Army program with 46 residents, at Brooke Army Medical Center and Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily state or reflect those of the US Army or the US Government and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.
WILLIAM A. GIBSON, MD Dr Gibson ...
Most children with early or undifferentiated rash and fever have benign viral illnesses, but the possibility of serious diseases must be ruled out.
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DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD—Series Editor | April 29, 2010
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.
BRIDGET M. BRYER GROFF, MD and BARBARA B. WILSON, MD University of Virginia, Charlottesville
DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD—Series Editor | April 29, 2010
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.
BRIDGET M. BRYER GROFF, MD and BARBAR...
A 7-year-old African American girl presented with an asymptomatic gray lesion beneath her right eye that had appeared before her first birthday. She was a healthy child with macular gray discoloration on...
Dr Kroll is a pediatric resident at West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown. Dr Nield is associate professor of pediatrics at the same institution.
Dr Kroll is a pediatric resident at W...
<p>Whether to leave a child home alone is a decision that millions of parents face every day. An estimated 7 to 15 million children are left home alone on a daily basis in the United...
TAYLOR BANKS, MD and JOHN PODRAZA, MD ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD—Series Editor | April 29, 2010
Dr Banks is a resident in the National Capital Consortium Pediatric Residency Program in Washington, DC. Dr Podraza is assistant professor of pediatrics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md, and perinatal-neonatal medicine fellow at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. Dr Banks and Dr Podraza are also lieutenants in the US Navy. Dr Leung is clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary and pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children's Hospital.
TAYLOR BANKS, MD and JOHN PODRAZA, MD...
A baby girl was born at 37 weeks' gestation to a gravida 2, para 1, 25-year-old mother by spontaneous vaginal delivery. The infant had significant abdominal distention secondary to a palpable smooth...
JULIA CRONIN, MD and JOHN W. HARRINGTON, MD—Series Editor | April 29, 2010
Dr Cronin is a practicing pediatrician and previous chief resident at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Va. Dr Harrington is associate professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk and director of general academic pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters.
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 KidsHealth.org. Dr Pohl is professor of pediatrics and associate dean of student affairs and career counseling at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.
Dr Hirsch is a clinical instructor of...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>It can be difficult for pediatricians to discuss sexual activity with preadolescent patients, especially those who seem young and inexperienced....
KIRK BARBER, MD, FRCPC –– Series Editor Alberta Children’s Hospital | April 28, 2010
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.
KIRK BARBER, MD, FRCPC –– Series Edit...
A generalized papulosquamous rash developed in this 4-year-old boy over a period of 2 weeks. It began on his neck and head and then spread to his trunk—although some areas on the trunk were not affected. As...
