Volume 5 - Issue 12 - December 2006

Consultant for Pediatricians

cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular disease
04/29/2011
Mimi Reiss, MD; Nathan Hitzeman, MD
An 8-year-old boy whose family had recently immigrated from Southeast Asia was brought to the emergency department (ED) with a well-demarcated, pruritic rash that had appeared on his face 6 weeks earlier. ...
04/29/2011
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
04/29/2011

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD--Series Editor, and WM. Lane M. Robson, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD--Series Edi...
Mass noted on the right side of newborn's neck. Patient delivered vaginally at term to a G2P1 24-year-old mother following an uncomplicated pregnancy. Apgar scores, 7 and 9 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively....
04/29/2011
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular disease
04/29/2011
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP
A 12-year-old girl presents with a 1-year history of itchy lesions on her right leg. The lesions are worse during the winter.
04/29/2011
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular disease
04/29/2011
Larissa Hirsch, MD; Charles A. Pohl, MD
What are the risk factors for SIDS--and how should I counsel new parents about reducing the risk?
04/29/2011
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular disease
04/29/2011
Gregory F. Hayden, MD; Martha A. Hellems, MD
Influenza affects up to 40% of healthy children each year and carries with it risks of respiratory tract complications, hospitalization and, rarely, death.
04/29/2011
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular disease
04/29/2011
Stuart A. Weinzimer, MD
Q: What should primary care pediatricians do--and what should we not do--when we encounter a patient with newly
04/29/2011
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular disease
04/29/2011
Rachel Lyons, MS, RN, CPNP
A 16-year-old girl presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 24-hour history of feeling tired and weak. The patient reported that she awoke that morning with the "worst headache of her...
04/29/2011
Diaper Rash
Diaper Rash
04/29/2011
Patricia Wong; Sabine Kohler
<p><img alt="Langerhans cell histiocytosis " src="/sites/default/files/transfer/0612cfpPCLangerhansA_thumb.jpg" style="height:81px; margin:5px; width:90px; float:left"...
04/29/2011
Diaper Rash
Diaper Rash
04/29/2011
Brian M. Swan, MD; Ronald H. Goldschmidt, MD
A 3-month-old infant presented with a 4-week history of a symmetric skin eruption on her face, axillae, distal extremities, and external genitalia.
04/29/2011
Child abuse
Child abuse
04/29/2011
Michael F. Osleber; Bskirk Barber, MD, FRCPC; Kelly M. Cordoro, MD
A 16-year-old boy complains of an itchy scalp and areas of hair loss.
04/29/2011
dermatophyte infection
dermatophyte infection
04/29/2011
Robert P. Blereau, MD
<P><IMG style="MARGIN: 5px; FLOAT: left" alt="Tinea Corporis" src="/sites/default/files/transfer/0612cfpPCtinea_thumb.jpg" width=90 height=62>The lesion on this...
04/29/2011
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
04/29/2011
Stephen Messner, MD
A 7-year-old girl was referred for evaluation of suspected sexual abuse after a school nurse noticed marks on her neck suggesting "hickeys."
04/29/2011
Child abuse
Child abuse
04/29/2011
Howard Fischer, MD
I stepped into an exam room the other day and saw a 3-year-old who was in the office for a hospital follow-up.
04/29/2011