Authors


Clair Isbister, CBE, MB, BS, FRACP, DCH

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When children with asthma go swimming, the benefits can be many and long-lasting

Getting children who have asthma into the water can have remarkable effects on health, the authors' experiences demonstrate. Place a properly structured swimming program on your list of recommendations for these patients, they urge-or put it on your medical community's to-do list.


Shih-Wen Huang, MD

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Another way to manage incessant scratching in children?

What are the skin conditions in which itching becomes the dominant clinical symptom in children?


Colleen Wardell, OMA, BA

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When children with asthma go swimming, the benefits can be many and long-lasting

Getting children who have asthma into the water can have remarkable effects on health, the authors' experiences demonstrate. Place a properly structured swimming program on your list of recommendations for these patients, they urge-or put it on your medical community's to-do list.


Alejandro Clavier, MD

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Bashful rash on a baby's cheek

An 11-month-old boy breaks out in a rash when he eats. Is it a food allergy or something else?


Peter Noronha, MD

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Bashful rash on a baby's cheek

An 11-month-old boy breaks out in a rash when he eats. Is it a food allergy or something else?


Andrew J Schuman, MD

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2024 coding update

Pediatricians may eventually realize a significant increase in income by attaching the G2211 code to acute and chronic care visits.


Lisa M. Stellwagen, MD

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((TEST))The late preterm infant: A little baby with big needs

Surprisingly, practically no guidelines exist for the in and outpatient care of late preterm infants. This lack of guidance has forced hospitals to develop their own suite of care practices.



Julia A. McMillan, MD

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Inpatient medical home model

The 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.


Ahdi Amer, MD

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Linear rash leaves your patient itching

A 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?


Howard Fischer, MD

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Linear rash leaves your patient itching

A 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?


Jonathan H. Ross, MD

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Wilms tumor: How advances in evaluation and treatment are yielding better outcomes

A 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.


Garrick Applebee, MD

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A brief history of medical professionalism-and why professionalism matters

As the medical profession evolves, the issues and challenges change, but the ongoing discussion continues to enrich professional practice.


Craig Friesen,MD

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Getting current on the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Options 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.


Charles Roberts, MD

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Getting current on the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Options 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.


Jennifer Colombo, MD

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Getting current on the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Options 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.


Amanda F. Dempsey, MD, PHD, MPH

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A new day in preventing meningococcal disease: Sizing up the available vaccines

The 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.


Gary L. Freed, MD, MPH

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Then and Now: Varicella vaccine

The second in a year-long series of commentary reviewing topics published in Contemporary Pediatrics 25 years ago.



Kathryn Foxhall

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AHRQ says obesity-related interventions understudied

A 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.


Jeffrey T. Jensen, MD, MPH

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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.


Allison Edelman, MD, MPH

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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.


Allen G. Steere, MD

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Avian flu, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease: Tracking the progress of hot zoonoses

Emerging and spreading zoonoses are major concerns among the public and public health professionals. Recognition, surveillance, and reporting are our first line of defense.


James J. Sejvar, MD

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Avian flu, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease: Tracking the progress of hot zoonoses

Emerging and spreading zoonoses are major concerns among the public and public health professionals. Recognition, surveillance, and reporting are our first line of defense.


Robert Charles Moellering, Jr., MD

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Avian flu, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease: Tracking the progress of hot zoonoses

Emerging and spreading zoonoses are major concerns among the public and public health professionals. Recognition, surveillance, and reporting are our first line of defense.


J. Freeman King, EdD

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Helping parents chart the best course for their deaf child

Is deafness a disability or a difference? Crucial medical and educational choices hinge on the approach to this question. Second of two parts.


Mario Santinami, MD

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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.


Monica Rodolfo, PhD

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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.


Paola Collini, MD

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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.


Andrea Ferrari, MD

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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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