A 13-year-old boy with a history of chronic atopic dermatitis, which had mainly affected the antecubital and popliteal areas, presented with a diffuse papular eruption in the lower abdomen that had...
A 30-day old infant was transferred to a children’s hospital. He had been born at 32 weeks’ gestation and arrived having never been fed, on total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and intravenous lipid emulsion...
A 5-week-old girl with an uncomplicated birth history presented to a pediatric emergency department with concern for swelling of her right leg. There had been no known traumatic event.
A 1-month-old boy presented to the clinic for a routine well-child visit. His mother brought up no concerns, but on physical examination, a soft, fleshy mass was noted to be protruding from the boy’s...
Breastfeeding offers children a number of long-lasting health effects such as a lower risk of developing respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, and otitis media.
A boy aged 2 years and 9 months was admitted to a hospital’s pediatric unit with a chief concern of difficulty breathing, which had started a few weeks ago.
Hunter syndrome, or mucopolysaccharidosis II, is a genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of iduronate 2-sulfatase (I2S), an enzyme involved in the breakdown of mucopolysaccharides.
To the Editor: I enjoy reading your journal, but I find one aspect particularly irksome. I am referring to your insistence on using only generic names for commonly used drugs.
