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Some of the ocular manifestations of disease in children, potential disease type, and referral/follow-up recommendations.

These schedules indicate the recommended ages for routine administration of currently licensed childhood vaccines, as of December 1, 2007, for children aged 0 through 18 years.

A tribute to Leila Denmark, MD, the world's longest living pediatrician.

Airline safety harness * Natural therapy for tummy pain * Infant warmer

Ocular abnormalities can serve as signposts for systemic illness in children and adolescents. Here is a sampling of what to watch for.

Tinea incognito is a dermatophyte infection that has been altered by use of topical or systemic corticosteroids. It lacks the classic features of a ringworm infection due to corticosteroid suppression of inflammation and altered local immune response.

A 14-year-old male with trisomy 21 presents with elevated liver enzymes, tachypnea, shortness of breath and increasing abdominal distention. The diagnosis was Wilson's Disease.

FDA to ban OTC asthma inhalers by 2010 and a look at how OTC drugs affect teens

An appeal to physicians to get the flu vaccine.

A universal parenting program aimed at avoiding behavioral problems in early childhood may help parents feel better about their parenting style, but does not produce concrete improvements in their children's behavior or improve maternal mental health, according to research published Jan. 31 in BMJ Online First.

Events inadvertently caused by physicians or treatment that compromise safety occur frequently in neonates and are often serious, according to a report in the Feb. 2 issue of The Lancet.

Patients taking antiepileptic medications for epilepsy, bipolar disease, migraine and other conditions may be at increased risk of suicidality, according to a physician alert issued Jan. 31 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Although public and private banks exist for the collection and storage of umbilical cord blood, physicians should discuss and provide relevant information to patients, according to a committee opinion of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists published in the February issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

A child-size dose of an HIV drug is one step closer to being available in Europe...

I always find it difficult to speak with pediatricians about diaper rashes. Pediatricians look after many more children with rashes in the diaper area than I do--and all have their own secret ways to treat these children.

A 3 1/2-year-old girl, who is nonverbal because of an underlying neurological disorder, presented to day care with a pelvic bruise. The day-care attendant feared abuse and reported the findings to Child Protective Services (CPS). The parents told CPS that the child had been alone with her father and fell getting out of the bathtub.

Dr Wilson-series editor of our "Genetics Disorder" feature-has been practicing pediatrics and genetics for nearly 30 years. He has written more than 150 articles and 6 books and CD ROMs for clinicians on pediatrics and medical genetics. Examples include a collection of checklists to assist the primary physician with preventive health care1 and a "Keep Up With the Genetics Revolution"2 CD ROM to foster genetic education for nurses. He is also the author of Four Mothers: Four Faces of disAbility,3 which he wrote "for the desperate parent, hearing or thinking for the first time that something is wrong." He also dedicated that book to those clinicians who face the task of informing parents or for directing care for children with disabilities. He writes: "Here you can realize the value of your care and experience the enormous gratitude for those who make time for special needs of children."

A 3-year-old girl, who is nonverbal because of an underlying neurological disorder, presented to day care with a pelvic bruise. The day-care attendant feared abuse and reported the findings to Child Protective Services (CPS).

This image was obtained from a 5-month-old boy who was brought to the emergency department (ED) by his parents who noted new-onset rectal prolapse. The prolapse had promptly recurred following initial successful reduction under sedation in the ED. A surgical consultation was obtained, and abdominal radiographs were requested.

The photos presented this month reveal disease entities I have seen that did not respond to conventional therapy and that became resistant "diaper rashes." You may have seen some of these "bottoms" in previous issues of Consultant For Pediatricians. Next to each photograph, I have given several clues to the diagnosis. See if you can match these clues with the diagnostic choices listed below. You can check to see whether your diagnostic choices are correct on page 61.

Mary Engle, MD, a heart surgery pioneer, died at the age of 86 on Wednesday....

In women with anticipated early preterm delivery, intravenous maternal magnesium sulfate administration is associated with a 50 percent lower risk of moderate to severe cerebral palsy in their offspring, according to research presented this week at the 28th annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Dallas.

A recent prospective observational study of mercury concentration in blood, urine and stool of neonates and infants recently vaccinated with thimerosal-containing vaccines showed that ethyl mercury had a short half-life in these children and was primarily excreted rapidly in feces. This differs from oral methyl mercury from fish, which has a longer half-life in humans and toxicity at low concentrations, researchers report in the February issue of Pediatrics.

Two of the five new additions to the advisory council of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases are pediatricians: Ann Arvin, MD, and Christel Uittenbogaart, MD....

The American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) wants to make it explicitly clear that a new legal drama on ABC is just that -- fiction...

A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that over 7,000 emergency room visits per year could be attributed to improper use of over-the-counter cough and cold medications...

A second attempt by Congress tried unsuccessfully to override President Bush's veto of the SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) expansion failed on Wednesday...

A long-term study of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) found that the disorder?s long-term effects appear regardless of treatment...