A report by the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute found that girls are most likely to gain weight early in adolescence, between the ages of 9 and 12, and the health consequences of being overweight can be evident in girls as young as 9. The study is published in the January issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.
The following schedules include current recommendations of children 0-18 years. The schedules are current with chages that have taken place in vaccine formulations and revised recommendations for the use of licensed vaccines.
Office preparedness for pediatric emergencies is assumed in the training, certification, and continual vigilance that defines a proficient practice. Yes, you're confident in your traditional medical skills-but what about when a psychosocial crisis arises?
A Vermont pediatrician wins a day in a CP contest with Andy Schuman, pediatrician and technology expert in practice management.
When preemies weighing less than 800 g survive-as more and more of them do-parents want to know what quality of life their child can expect. The answer is that, despite the risk of neurodevelopmental disabilities difficulties are rarely severe, resources are available for overcoming problems, and more of these children will live a normal, productive life.
When preemies weighing less than 800 g survive-as more and more of them do-parents want to know what quality of life their child can expect. The answer is that, despite the risk of neurodevelopmental disabilities difficulties are rarely severe, resources are available for overcoming problems, and more of these children will live a normal, productive life.
Plain film radiography is an invaluable tool for assessing the newborn with respiratory distress or abdominal distention caused by air in abnormal anatomic locations. Alertness to subtle findings can save an infant's life.
A 9-year-old male is transferred to your general pediatric service from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with a diagnosis of resolving inhalation pneumonitis. Your review of the admission history reveals that he had been admitted 2 days previously when he presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with the following history.
What's the diagnosis?
This full-term infant was born with malformed feet and toes. Physical examination findings were otherwise normal. The child weighed 3.1 kg (6.9 lb) at birth; her Apgar scores were 9 at 1 minute and 9 at 5 minutes. Her mother (21-year-old gravida 2 para 1) had an unremarkable antenatal history and a normal vaginal delivery. There was no family history of congenital anomalies.
Photoclinic: Sucking Blisters
A 6-month-old white girl presented with a 2-day history of fever and respiratory symptoms. Initially, she was admitted with a diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis. In addition to her respiratory findings, widespread signs of rickets were found--ie, frontal bossing, rachitic rosary, widening of the wrists, and double maleoli.
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) isthe most common endocrinopathyamong reproductive-aged women; theprevalence is about 5% to 10%.
A new bill on dietary supplements recently passed by Congress will focus on adverse reactions that consumers suffer from supplements and various over-the-counter drugs, and should help identify those products that are most dangerous. The measure, S. 3546, would require that makers of dietary supplements and over-the-counter drugs inform the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when they learn of "serious adverse events" linked to their products. The bill defines serious events as death, life-threatening experience, inpatient hospitalization, disability, birth defect, or medical/surgical intervention.
A University of Auckland study concluded that young people seeking treatment for acne should be screened for depression.
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) have discovered that the brain's fear hub likely becomes abnormally small in the most severely socially-impaired males with autism spectrum disorder. New findings suggest that social fear in autism may initially trigger a hyperactive, abnormally enlarged amygdala, which eventually gives way to a toxic adaptation that kills amygdala cells and shrinks the structure, said Richard Davidson, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin.