Volume 6 - Issue 9 - September 2007

Consultant for Pediatricians

Childhood Immunizations
Childhood Immunizations
Antibiotic Therapy: The Risks of Resistance
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Consultations & Comments
04/29/2011
Childhood Immunizations
Childhood Immunizations

Focus on Vaccination
04/29/2011
Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD
As a clinical immunologist with a special interest in vaccines, it is a pleasure to present this special issue of C
04/29/2011
Childhood Immunizations
Childhood Immunizations
"HEADDS" Up on Talking With Teenagers
04/29/2011
David S. Reitman, MD
<DIV id=article-content-body> <P>While time with patients is limited, pediatricians need to build a rapport that permits a glimpse into the adolescent's real concerns. In general, if a teen...
04/29/2011
Childhood Immunizations
Childhood Immunizations
Elementary School: Reading, Writing--Vaccinating!
04/29/2011
Linda S. Nield, MD
Vaccination must be prompted before and on entry into elementary school. Not only does vaccination provide substantial health benefits to society, it is the law.
04/29/2011
Hereditary diseases
Hereditary diseases

UTI Prophylaxis—Beneficial or Harmful?
04/29/2011
Larissa Hirsch, MD; Charles A. Pohl, MD
 
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Hereditary diseases
Hereditary diseases
Benign Macrocephaly
04/29/2011
John W. Harrington, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/0709cfpPCMacrocephaly_thumb.jpg" alt="Benign Macrocephaly" width="80"...
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Idiopathic scoliosis
Idiopathic scoliosis

Beating the Checker Man
04/29/2011
Howard Fischer, MD
This story was told to me by Dr W, a pediatric resident whom I run into every now and then. He swears that it's true.
04/29/2011
Idiopathic scoliosis
Idiopathic scoliosis
Hypersensitivity to Vaccine Stabilizer
04/29/2011
David M. Anmuth, MD; I. Celine Hanson, MD
A 5-year-old boy with seizure disorder and developmental delay presented to our allergy and immunology clinic for a severe reaction that developed after he had received multiple vaccines.
04/29/2011
Idiopathic scoliosis
Idiopathic scoliosis

Immunizing the College Student: REFERENCES:
04/29/2011
Linda S. Nield, MD
College life can increase the young adult's exposure to infectious disease.
04/29/2011
Idiopathic scoliosis
Idiopathic scoliosis
Adolescent Scoliosis: Exercise Therapy May Help Correct the Condition
04/29/2011
Vert Mooney, MD; John Mayer, DC, PhD; David Woodbridge, PT
Adolescent scoliosis often is identified as idiopathic scoliosis--the precise cause of the spinal curvature that occurs in early adolescence remains unknown.
04/29/2011
Tuberculin skin test
Tuberculin skin test
Elementary School Vaccination
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September 1, 2007

September 1, 2007
Widespread vaccination has led many parents to underappreciate the severity of vaccine-preventable diseases.
04/29/2011
Tuberculin skin test
Tuberculin skin test
Injury From a Fall?
04/29/2011
Greg Wallace, DO
 
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Tuberculin skin test
Tuberculin skin test
Eczema Herpeticum: A Manifestation of Hyperimmunoglobulin E Syndrome
04/29/2011
Ayman Samkari, MD
Since infancy, the child has had moderate to severe eczema that is controlled with a topical corticosteroid (hydrocortisone 1%), moisturizer, and tacrolimus( 0.03% (on the facial rash).
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Tuberculin skin test
Tuberculin skin test

On the Tip of Her Tongue
04/29/2011
September 1, 2007
September 1, 2007
These lesions on the tongue of a 7-year-old white girl had been present since she was 2.
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Tuberculin skin test
Tuberculin skin test
Atypical Tuberculin Skin Test Responses
04/29/2011
Kirk H. Waibel, MD; David B. Throwbridge, MD; Syed O. Ali, MD
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