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You can play a pivotal role in interpreting the diagnosis, understanding how deeply the disease affects psychosocial development, acting as liaison between family and oncologist, and?if treatment fails?supervising end-of-life care

New products capsulized for pediatricians

Faced with a child who has been exposed to mercury, would you recognize the signs and symptoms? Would you know what questions to ask, which lab tests to draw, and what treatment to initiate?

Tattoos and body piercing have caught on as teenage, and even preteen, fashion statements. Here&s how to help your patients avoid the pitfalls of this form of self-expression.

Car seats--torture for some.

EMRs are the wave of the future.

New day dawns for residents. Welfare reform: Plus and minus. Key asthma guidelines, now revised. Eye on Washington

A 2-1/2-year-old girl's adenopathy has not subsided five days after initiation of antibiotic therapy with amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium (Augmentin). And lately, she seems to be having "a lot" of nosebleeds.

Screen for iron deficiency regularly, know the hematologic and biochemical markers, and provide appropriate dietary counseling and treatment.

Insight into residency matching programs

Distinguishing ADAH from mania--not so easy. Boy keeps women's clothing--what could it mean?

Expanded federal standards aim to better protect health-care workers from blood-borne pathogens transmitted by needlesticks, but they also pose potential problems for a pediatric practice.

Parents often ask for help with their child&s motion sickness, a condition that has become increasingly common. Is prescribing an antihistamine or a complementary therapy a good idea? Or is prevention the best route?

Multiple tender red papules on the trunk

Distinguishing ADAH from mania--not so easy. Boy keeps women's clothing--what could it mean?

Post?9/11: Shock lingers in tangible ways. What every Girl Scout should know. We, the children. Pediatricians: First line of defense. Eye on Washington

After the initial diagnosis of right-middle-lobe pneumonia, a 16-year-old girl completed a first course of azithromycin and then felt better for a time. But now she complains again of a productive cough, chest pain that radiates to her right shoulder while coughing, and dyspnea on exertion.

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Our knowledge of the genetic causes of deafness is advancing rapidly, raising hopes for better diagnosis and more effective treatment in the near future.

Our knowledge of the genetic causes of deafness is advancing rapidly, raising hopes for better diagnosis and more effective treatment in the near future.

As a sponsor of CME, Contemporary Pediatrics understands its responsibility to make CME relevant to the practicing pediatrician.

Although ESR is the more widely used test, most data suggest CRP is actually the more valuable of the two in the diagnosis and management of many inflammatory conditions.

Pediatricians must know how to differentiate worrisome moles from benign ones, identify children at risk, and educate families about sun protection.

Persistence coupled with effective counseling and pharmacotherapy are the keys to good results without a huge investment of time.