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A 9-year-old girl is being admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit because of headache and a dilated, fixed left pupil. The girl has a history of pseudotumor cerebri and Chlarimalformation type I.

Investigators examined the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency among urban African-American youngsters with asthma compared with their African-American peers without asthma.

An 18-year-old girl complains of having a peculiar brown patch on her right anterior thigh for 3 weeks. She admits to having a laptop on ther right thigh for a few hours each day.

Growing concerns are mounting over the safety of the current Dtap vaccine, also known as the whooping cough vaccine.

An estimated 10.2 million children in the United States have special healthcare needs. The numbers of children with special healthcare needs are continuing to rise as medical advances foster survical of children with previously lethal congenital anomalies and conditions.

International tobacco use among young adolescents promotes early development of symptoms of dependence, according to an analysis of data.

Computer-assisted auscultation (CAA) devices use revolutionary technology developed to acquire, record, and analyze the acoustic signals of the heart. Pediatricians can use CAA software to identify specific heart sounds, including suspected murmurs.

Between 10% and 30% of children and youth are involved in bullying, according to research.

For the past several years, I’ve listed “difficult parents” on my department’s conference evaluation form as my answer to the question, “What do you consider to be the single biggest problem that you face in your practice?” At times, I have to admit that difficult parents have made me dread my decision to become a pediatrician.

During hospitalization of a 6-month-old boy for respiratory syncytial virus infection, spiking fevers led to a bacteremia workup.

A 16-year-old girl with internal jugular phlebectasia presented for followup ultrasound evaluation. At age 15 months, she was noted to have a right-sided neck mass that appeared when crying or straining. Her weight, height, and head circumference were normal. She had no cardiac anomalies and was otherwise healthy.

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An investigation among nearly 2,000 ethnically diverse children in California schools found consistent positive associations between ærobic fitness and standardized test scores.

In the April 2010 issue, there is a very helpful article by Harper and Copans on "Engaging the help-rejecting depressed adolescent."

Investigators conducted a multicenter study of the effects of montelukast on eosinophil degranulation and recurrent wheezing episodes after respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis.

The nation knows little about why late pre-term births have increased and have driven up the overall preterm birth rate over the last several decades, an expert from CDC told Congress in a recent hearing.

While we can't predict the future, we may find clues to possible future developments in pediatric medicine based on changes that have occurred over the past two decades or so.

More than half of pediatricians report making a diagnostic error at least once or twice a month, a new study shows.

Children with newly diagnosed epilepsy generally have favorable outcomes, according to new research.

Being exposed to diabetes in utero substantially increases the risk of premature end-stage renal disease, according to a new study.

The FDA has released an alert for parents and caregivers regarding liquid Vitamin D supplement products.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has issued a ruling that establishes a temporary certification program for EHR technology.

A new rule issued by FDA and authorized by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act seeks to restrict the sale and distribution of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to children and adolescents.

Vascular birthmarks are very common in newborns, and some varieties affect up to 50% of babies.

Mixing insulin detemir with aspart is equivalent to giving the 2 medications as separate injections in children with type 1 diabetes.

A 15-year-old girl is desperate for you to treat brown bumps on her chest, neck and trunk that have increased in number over the last 8 years.

Breast masses can cause anxiety for adolescent girls and their parents.

To help healthcare providers navigate through the language of HIT requirements in order to quality for EHR incentive payments, CMS has launched an official informational website for the Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs scheduled to begin in 2011.