Pediatric Puzzler: Cough, chest pain in an adolescent athlete: Factors (five) at play
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.
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.