Volume 13 - Issue 2 - February 2014

Consultant for Pediatricians

acne
acne
02/24/2014

Phillip Matar, MD, MBA

University of South Florida, Tampa

Rafael Santiago, MD

All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida

Phillip Matar, MD, MBAUniversity of S...
A 17-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a complaint of back, chest, and right hip pain of 6 weeks’ duration, as well as severe acne that was refractory treatment.
02/24/2014
Dermatologic disorders
Dermatologic disorders
02/24/2014

Bhavin Doshi, MD; Nirav Shastri, MD; and Milton Fowler, MD, MPH

Children’s Mercy South, Overland Park, Kansas

Bhavin Doshi, MD; Nirav Shastri, MD; ...
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/1402CFP_PC_Dactylitis.jpg" width="115" height="115" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: left;">A...
02/24/2014
hematoma
hematoma
02/24/2014

Thomas Nichols, MD

Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Neenah

Sumon Bhattacharjee, MD

Neuroscience Group, Neenah, Wisconsin

Scott Harbick, MD

Theda Clark Medical Center, Neenah, Wisconsin

Thomas Nichols, MDChildren’s Hospital...
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/MRI.jpg" width="115" height="115" style="float: left; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;">An 8-year-old boy...
02/24/2014
Eczema Herpeticum
Eczema Herpeticum
02/24/2014

 Karolina Janasek, MD, and Rebecca Butterfield, MD

Albany Medical Center

 Karolina Janasek, MD, and Rebec...
A 15-month-old girl with a history of poorly controlled atopic dermatitis presented with erythema and scattered lesions around her right eye. Four days before presentation, the child was noted to have 2...
02/24/2014
Port-Wine Stain Versus Salmon Patch
Port-Wine Stain Versus Salmon Patch
02/24/2014

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD

University of Calgary

Benjamin Barankin, MD

Toronto Dermatology Centre

Alexander K. C. Leung, MDUniversity o...
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/1402CFP_PC_Salmon_0.jpg" width="115" height="115" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; float:...
02/24/2014
Seizure
Seizure
02/24/2014

Adam B. Howes, MD, and Brian L. Montenegro, MD

Adam B. Howes, MD, and Brian L. Monte...
A girl was born to a 29-year-old, gravida 2, para 0 mother at term via normal spontaneous vaginal delivery.
02/24/2014
uvula
uvula
02/24/2014

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD; Alex H. C. Wong, MD; and Benjamin Barankin, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD; Alex H. C....
During the physical examination of a 12-year-old girl, bifurcation of the uvula was noted.
02/24/2014
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
02/24/2014

Maya Myslenski, MD, and David Effron, MD

William Yaakob, MD—Series Editor

Maya Myslenski, MD, and David Effron,...
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/axial_ct_appendicitis_figure_1.jpg" width="115" height="115" style="margin: 5px; float: left;">An 8-year-old...
02/24/2014
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
02/24/2014

Surasak Puvabanditsin, MD, Eugene Garrow, MD, Jerome Balbin, BS, Michelle Quan, MD, and Rajeev Mehta, MD

Surasak Puvabanditsin, MD, Eugene Gar...
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/LH_Fig_1_0.JPG" width="115" height="115" style="margin: 5px; float: left;">A boy was born at 31 weeks’...
02/24/2014
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
02/24/2014

Chalanda Jones, MD

Charles A. Pohl, MD––Series Editor

Chalanda Jones, MDCharles A. Pohl, MD...
Children with common conditions in lower-income communities incur higher inpatient costs. But hospital reimbursement is based on disease severity, not on socioeconomics.
02/24/2014
ADHD
ADHD
02/24/2014

Kevin M. Antshel, PhD

Kevin M. Antshel, PhD
With the changes in the recently published fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in high school...
02/24/2014
Dermatologic disorders
Dermatologic disorders
02/24/2014

Sukesh Sukumaran, MD, and Vini Vijayan, MD

Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC––Series Editor

Sukesh Sukumaran, MD, and Vini Vijaya...
What is the cause of this boy’s fever, rash, and pancytopenia?
02/24/2014
meningitis
meningitis
02/21/2014

Ashley Bechtol, MD; Rani Kharrubi, MD; and Pisespong Patamasucan, MD

Ashley Bechtol, MD; Rani Kharrubi, MD...
A 16-year-old boy who recently had returned from a visit to Mexico presented to the emergency department complaining of fever, headache, vomiting, and neck pain for the past 2 days.
02/21/2014