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A 6-month-old boy was hospitalized because of fever and suspected central line sepsis. He had been receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) since shortly after birth following a small-bowel resection, which was performed to repair a midgut volvulus. Abdominal ultrasonographic findings after the procedure were normal. The infant was born at term after an uneventful pregnancy and delivery. Alkaline phosphatase and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase levels were elevated, without hyperbilirubinemia. An ultrasonogram showed hyperhomogeneous and nonhomogeneous echogenicities of the liver, consistent with fatty changes and fibrosis.

Parents of a child who has a seizure and a fever may be concerned about epilepsy. They probably won?t be happy to learn it might be swine flu.

Pollution and pregnant women don't mix, and can severely impact children's IQ, according to a new environmental study.

The president sat down with children's health leaders to discuss how to fix health care.

A new list from the American Society of Anesthesiologists can educate parents and reduce children's anxiety prior to a procedure.

If a practitioner sees an underweight adolescent female, she might be suspected to have anorexia nervosa. But what if that teenage patient is male?

Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary, Canada, has isolated one of its units due to three swine flu cases, according to health officials.

Actors on the silver screen who light up, whether "good guys" or "bad guys," have sway on teenagers' decision to smoke, new research shows.

It was hit by two hurricanes in September 2008 -- one literal and one financial -- but the Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston will be reopening.

Every year, far too many people are injured are killed as a results of fireworks. Here's a partial list for 2009.

Approximately 50% of US HIV-positive teens do not know they have AIDS, according to the CDC.

Adolescents who think they'll die young don't think twice when it comes using drugs, considering suicide, arrests, or contracting HIV, according to new research.

The role of vaccine policy for herd immunization is compared to the role of Medicare and Medicaid in providing health care for the nation's elderly and lower-income.

A study finds two drugs work better than one for bronchospasms, marketing could help increase vaccinations, and smoking may destroy certain protective genes.

Two readers offer suggestions for ways to increase iron in toddlers other then by supplement: healthier food, and breastfeeding.

A 7-month-old child appears at the derm office with a blistering eruption that started six days before on her face and neck, and has spread to trunk and extremities.

The dangers of phthlates, mercury, bisphenol a, and lead are examined, giving practitioners the background to pass on wise safety tips to their patients and parents.

A teenage girl undergoes a series of lab tests, which all come back negative. The complaints turns out to be one of the negative lab results - but which one?

A review of how things have changed over 25 years when it comes to options available for teenagers about contraception and safe sex/abstinence.

A review of the reasons why urinary tract infections are so prevalent in teenagers, and tips on how to distinguish them from sexually transmitted infections.

Two shots, or one? After a lot of study, the immunization division of the CDC say it?s up to you.

Distinguishing properly between a syndrome and a sequence emphasizes the fact that anomalies can be either multiple and independent (syndrome) or related to one embryological event (single entity or sequence).

Children and teens who are using stimulant medications may have slightly greater risk of sudden unexplained death, according to new research.

Modified oral health guidelines from the AAPD include a call for all pregnant women to receive counseling and oral healthcare during pregnancy. Additionally, infants should be given an oral health risk assessment and oral care before their 1-year birthday, according to the new guidance.

It may be wise to add home computers to your childproofing checklist, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine showing that the rate of child-related injuries linked to the electronic device is on the rise.

Two premature babies who died in Miami's Children's Hospital in March died not from improper care, but an infection from the water.

The FDA is in a quandary about whether to give approval for child use of three antipsychotics.

In a move aiming to save over half a million children's lives, the WHO endorsed global rotavirus immunizations for every child in every country.

In their Photoclinic case of iron deficiency in a 4-year-old boy with pica (CONSULTANT FOR PEDIATRICIANS, March 2009, page 104), Drs Ron Shaoul and David Bader do a commendable job of describing pica and of documenting the child’s iron deficiency (Figure). However, I was surprised that the possibility of lead poisoning was not considered.

When young children have an irritant in their eyes, it can be very difficult to get them to open their eyes so that they can be irrigated. To reduce the stinging and make opening the eyes easier, try putting a drop of an ocular anesthetic in each medial canthus while the child is supine; be sure to wait for it to seep in.