The coronavirus pandemic keeps complicating the care of children in critical ways.

COVID-19: It’s not the same-old same old!

A healthy 11-day-old male infant is brought to the pediatric clinic for evaluation of rash. The rash started with a 2-mm papule on the left medial epicanthal fold 4 days before the clinic visit. A day before coming to the clinic, the rash had spread to the upper left eyelid and the nasal bridge. What's the diagnosis?

Newborn’s rash involves eyes and nose

Children who at first did not appear to contract COVID-19 have been found to exhibit a more serious illness that has now been reported worldwide. Two experts offer guidance on recognizing and treating multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19

A 16-year-old girl presents for evaluation of a rash on her left forearm, which was 2 enlarging red areas that became increasingly pruritic and edematous. What's the diagnosis?

Itchy black spots: Poison ivy or something else?

Most fevers are good, not bad. Here’s why pediatricians should respect fever.

Could fever improve COVID-19 outcomes?

A retrospective study examines whether limited abdominal ultrasound is a safe and e­ffective way to assess for intestinal malrotation with or without midgut volvulus.

Ultrasound accurately diagnoses midgut volvulus

A case report examines whether a high-risk child with appendicitis will need surgery.

Appendectomy successfully averted in child considered at high surgical risk

A study finds that the levonorgestrel intrauterine device (IUD) is successful in controlling abnormal uterine bleeding and in suppressing menses in teenagers.

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