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Utility of ADHD management guidelines questioned/Recalling a peculiar and long-ago medical practice

A 6-year-old girl, who went on a weekend trip with her family and stayed at a "famous" downtown hotel, awoke in the morning to find an itchy rash on her arms and legs. Several other family members had similar, but more limited, eruptions on exposed areas of skin. Topical steroids and antibiotics offered little relief.

Toilet training done badly can lead to medical complications. This second of two articles describes in detail how to treat toilet training problems before they cause harm. Includes three Guides for Parents.

Nearly a half million children in the US are believed to have an elevated blood lead level. Pediatric health-care providers can intervene in a variety of ways. Includes a Guide for Parents.

Specialists in adolescent medicine show you how to evaluate your sexually active female patients for PID and manage this common complication of sexually transmitted disease.

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Q I saw a 3-year-old boy for his well-child checkup recently. His mother mentioned that he has always been sensitive to smells, but over the past six months the problem has reached dramatic proportions.

Health care is at the top of the legislative agenda this month as Congressional committees get to work on the nitty-gritty of the federal budget.

Books, videos, and Web sites of interest to pediatricians

Vomiting and altered mental status (ornithine transcarbamylase [OTC]deficiency)

A murmur by any other name might sound sweeter/Correction

The authors offer the primary care pediatrician a framework for thoughtful and directed use of the ever-increasing number of diagnostic tests available to assess developmental delays.

Inflicted head trauma is disturbingly common in infants and carries a poor prognosis. Know what to look for and when to suspect abuse.

Successful toilet training benefits both parent and child. A leading expert explains how to help parents through the training process and avoid pitfalls. Includes a Guide for Parents.

Increasingly, pediatricians address health issues in young patients that will carry effects into old age

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Q Yesterday, a 5-month-old Latino boy was brought to the emergency department of the general hospital in Denver where you work because his mother was concerned about his three-day history of subjective fever and fussiness, including refusal to sleep. You were out, but today you're handed his chart, and a note catches your eye describing three episodes of nonbloody, nonbilious vomiting and two loose stools the day of presentation.