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Specially trained nurses and lay people using certain vision screening tests to identify preschoolers with vision disorders perform effectively in their work and achieve comparable results, according to a study of more than 1,400 children that was funded by the National Institutes of Health.

You took a thorough history, performed a solid physical examination, made a reasonably good diagnosis, decided on a proper course of treatment, and wrote a prescription for your young patient. All done? Not so, unless you asked yourself:

Sucrose solution has been found to mitigate the pain of some procedures, such as circumcision, for infants.

Tackling threats from dirty air, mad cows, and food allergens

Removing ticks is often difficult, especially if the patient or parent breaks off the body from the head when trying to dislodge the tick.

You took a thorough history, performed a solid physical examination, made a reasonably good diagnosis, decided on a proper course of treatment, and wrote a prescription for your young patient. All done? Not so, unless you asked yourself:

Putting their baby in day care is an emotional occasion for parents, as well as a subject that often comes up during office visits. You're in an opportune position to provide advice and support on returning to work and finding the best child-care arrangement for the family.

Clavicle fractures in the pediatric population are very common. Clavicle fractures in the pediatric population are very common. Clinical manifestations include decreased movement of the arm on the affected side, crepitus, and/or bony irregularity at the fracture site. Here, a review of fracture in newborns and older children.

Lead poisoning: The correct therapy, possible sources / Two views on exaggerated inspirations / Virginity pledges: Some value after all / Keep euphemisms out of the medical office

The Reach Out and Read program and how to promote early literacy through the pediatrician's office.

Teething has long been the subject of superstition, speculation, and opinion, but little research. So, what do we know, and how can we best advise parents?

Fifty years have witnessed unprecedented progress in the pediatrician's ability to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness. What lies ahead for you and your colleagues? Part One of a three-part series.

What will the pediatrician of 2104 know that we don't know?

Congenital lesions originally thought to be a hemangioma often are something else. These experts in vascular abnormalities show you how to differentiate such tumors and malformations.

6-year-old has fever, headache, abdominal pain, and sore throat followed three days later by a rash on the hands and feet.

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The daunting number and diversity of neonatal and infant eruptions, nodules, and other lesions that the author describes will readily submit to his novel algorithm for classification and identification.

As the attending on the community hospital's general pediatric service, you're called in this afternoon to see a 9-year-old girl who was admitted the evening before for chief complaints of a fever (axillary temperature, 102° F to 103° F) and cough of five days' duration. She has been observed to have a dry hacking cough, and broke out in a faint rash after admission. Can you solve this Pediatric Puzzler?

As the attending on the community hospital's general pediatric service, you're called in this afternoon to see a 9-year-old girl who was admitted the evening before for chief complaints of a fever (axillary temperature, 102° F to 103° F) and cough of five days' duration. She has been observed to have a dry hacking cough, and broke out in a faint rash after admission. Can you solve this Pediatric Puzzler?

Q When treating adolescents in a busy practice, what are some resources or tools that the pediatrician can use to differentiate between the experimental drinker, the habitual drinker, and the true alcoholic?

In a recent study, adolescents who consumed a large amount of caffeine (more than 100 mg/day, the equivalent of almost four 12-ounce cans of cola soda) had a higher systolic BP than peers who consumed smaller amounts of caffeine.

I find that most parents who bring their children in for atopic eczema have woefully underlubricated the child's skin.

Parents often rush into my office complaining that their child has a tick embedded in his skin that they have been unable to remove with tweezers

Because nickel allergy, which affects children of all ages, can cause severe contact dermatitis, it is important to identify sources of nickel on clothing and accessories.