Planning is under way for a new children's hospital building at my institution, prompting predictions about the inpatient needs of infants, children, and young adults into the next few decades. One's natural instinct is to consider today's needs and the innovations that can be reasonably anticipated during the next five to 10 years, but this new hospital probably won't even be occupied until at least 2007.
Nikta Forghani, MD, explains when irregular menstrual cycles warrant evaluation and how pediatricians can identify PCOS and relative energy deficiency.
A Contemporary Pediatrics Peer Exchange panel reviews RSV risk, testing, maternal vaccination, and long-acting monoclonal antibodies, and where infants still slip through the cracks.