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Inpatient medical home modelThe medical home is a familiar concept to pediatricians. In recent years its definition has been made more formal and more comprehensive, but it is nearly always linked to an environment of primary care in the outpatient setting.
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Linear rash leaves your patient itchingA 9-year-old boy has developed an itchy vesicular rash on his left leg that has spread to his other leg and to both arms and hands. What is the diagnosis?
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Linear rash leaves your patient itchingA 9-year-old boy has developed an itchy vesicular rash on his left leg that has spread to his other leg and to both arms and hands. What is the diagnosis?
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Wilms tumor: How advances in evaluation and treatment are yielding better outcomesA palpable abdominal mass detected during a routine office visit is often the first indication of the presence of this rare but highly treatable tumor of childhood. A child cured of Wilms tumor requires on-going follow-up for potential long-term complications.
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A brief history of medical professionalism-and why professionalism mattersAs the medical profession evolves, the issues and challenges change, but the ongoing discussion continues to enrich professional practice.
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Getting current on the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseaseOptions for treating IBD now include nutritional therapy, probiotics, and biologics. And even therapeutic mainstays, such as steroids and immunomodulators, have undergone improvement. The authors bring you up to date on the newest therapies, the rationale for using them, and their potential for complications.
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Getting current on the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseaseOptions for treating IBD now include nutritional therapy, probiotics, and biologics. And even therapeutic mainstays, such as steroids and immunomodulators, have undergone improvement. The authors bring you up to date on the newest therapies, the rationale for using them, and their potential for complications.
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Getting current on the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseaseOptions for treating IBD now include nutritional therapy, probiotics, and biologics. And even therapeutic mainstays, such as steroids and immunomodulators, have undergone improvement. The authors bring you up to date on the newest therapies, the rationale for using them, and their potential for complications.
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A new day in preventing meningococcal disease: Sizing up the available vaccinesThe new conjugate vaccine MCV4 promises longer duration of immunity and, perhaps, greater clinical efficacy than the polysaccharide vaccine MPSV4. Questions remain about booster doses, vaccinating young children, and safety.
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Then and Now: Varicella vaccineThe second in a year-long series of commentary reviewing topics published in Contemporary Pediatrics 25 years ago.
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AHRQ says obesity-related interventions understudiedA number of studies show that some school-based interventions for the prevention of childhood obesity can be effective, says a draft review from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the key federal agency charged with improving quality and effectiveness in health care.
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Should adolescent girls be given depot medroxyprogesterone acetate?In light of the FDA's black box warning about potential bone loss in teenagers, how do you counsel teenagers about this highly effective birth control method? Recommendations from the World Health Organization provide a practical, evidence-based approach to weighing the risks.
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Should adolescent girls be given depot medroxyprogesterone acetate?In light of the FDA's black box warning about potential bone loss in teenagers, how do you counsel teenagers about this highly effective birth control method? Recommendations from the World Health Organization provide a practical, evidence-based approach to weighing the risks.
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Avian flu, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease: Tracking the progress of hot zoonosesEmerging and spreading zoonoses are major concerns among the public and public health professionals. Recognition, surveillance, and reporting are our first line of defense.
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Avian flu, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease: Tracking the progress of hot zoonosesEmerging and spreading zoonoses are major concerns among the public and public health professionals. Recognition, surveillance, and reporting are our first line of defense.
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Avian flu, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease: Tracking the progress of hot zoonosesEmerging and spreading zoonoses are major concerns among the public and public health professionals. Recognition, surveillance, and reporting are our first line of defense.
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Helping parents chart the best course for their deaf childIs deafness a disability or a difference? Crucial medical and educational choices hinge on the approach to this question. Second of two parts.
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What do we know about cutaneous melanoma of childhood?Childhood melanoma is a challenging diagnosis even for a clinician who sees pigmented skin lesions every day. The authors share their international experience with you and describe what you need to know in your practice about the rare, but real, childhood melanoma.
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What do we know about cutaneous melanoma of childhood?Childhood melanoma is a challenging diagnosis even for a clinician who sees pigmented skin lesions every day. The authors share their international experience with you and describe what you need to know in your practice about the rare, but real, childhood melanoma.
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What do we know about cutaneous melanoma of childhood?Childhood melanoma is a challenging diagnosis even for a clinician who sees pigmented skin lesions every day. The authors share their international experience with you and describe what you need to know in your practice about the rare, but real, childhood melanoma.
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What do we know about cutaneous melanoma of childhood?Childhood melanoma is a challenging diagnosis even for a clinician who sees pigmented skin lesions every day. The authors share their international experience with you and describe what you need to know in your practice about the rare, but real, childhood melanoma.
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What do we know about cutaneous melanoma of childhood?Childhood melanoma is a challenging diagnosis even for a clinician who sees pigmented skin lesions every day. The authors share their international experience with you and describe what you need to know in your practice about the rare, but real, childhood melanoma.
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Overheard: Wheezing from a healthy 4-month-oldCan you determine what's causing this baby's nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, and noisy breathing?
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Handheld computing in pediatric practice: Is it for you?Handhelds, or personal digital assistants (PDAs), have evolved a great deal since their beginnings as a monochromatic screen with miniscule memory. Here is a look at how you, your practice, and your patients can benefit when you use a PDA.
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Overheard: Wheezing from a healthy 4-month-oldCan you determine what's causing this baby's nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, and noisy breathing?
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Weeks of weakness, then reddish bumps on prominencesA boy with a history of skin eruption, intermittent fever, and generalized weakness now has red bumps on the bony prominences of his hands, elbows, and knees. What's the diagnosis?
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Viewing our adolescent patients through a positive lensDo you find it difficult to have trusting relationships with your adolescent patients? Are you sometimes afraid to find out too much? The author explains how to open up conversations by focusing on the teenager's strengths-and how rewarding the results can be.
