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When it comes to croup, making the diagnosis is usually easy; deciding how to treat the child may not be. The authors bring order to a sometimes perplexing situation.

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As a pediatric resident, I am comfortably situated under the umbrella of academic medicine, where I make my choices and bounce them off people who've already trodden these paths. I hear their experiential biases and incorporate them into my evaluation of patients.

Feeling pressured to prescribe an antibiotic when you don't believe it's medically necessary? Consider the author's recommendation to offer that parent a contingency plan described here as a remedy for overprescribing.

The 9-year-old boy in the emergency department examining room is significantly hypertensive. He is here because his mother called 911 after she discovered him on the bathroom floor limp, staring, unresponsive, and making a "clucking" noise.

Wrestlers and athletes in other "weight-sensitive" sports are at high risk of engaging in unhealthy weight loss practices. Learning how to intervene effectively will help you deal better with weight issues in all your patients.

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Pediatricians& ability to recognize scoliosis and associated findings early can make a tremendous difference in outcome. The authors take you step by step through a spinal examination and review conditions in the differential diagnosis.

Polyps in the colon may be either harmless or precancerous. In both cases, symptoms are usually frightening to patients and parents. Four of the most common diagnoses in children with colonic polyps are discussed here.

The latest guidelines for providing pediatric life support recommend changes not only in the practice of cardiopulmonary resuscitation but also how it is taught.

To determine the cause of a child&s anemia, focus on aspects of the history and physical examination and on a few laboratory tests, the author advocates.

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Tularemia is far down in the differential diagnosis of lymphadenitis, but knowing the signs and symptoms of this tick-borne infection will help you keep it in mind.

Psoriasis can be hard to diagnose and treat in children and teenagers. Early therapy and thorough patient and parent education are the keys to a favorable outcome.

Dissuade mothers from switching formulas unnecessarily and help them avoid disappointment by knowing how formulas differ and what constitutes genuine intolerance.

Quality friendship in children's lives is an important measure of growth.

Asthma is often poorly controlled in children. To change that, the author calls for better acquaintance with the inflammatory nature of the disease and with evidence that suboptimal control can undermine patients& overall health and quality of life.

Clinical experience with 50 toddlers referred for worrisome displays of anger provides insight into why some young children behave this way, the pediatrician&s role in evaluating and managing them, and preventive strategies.

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Long-term effects of Lyme disease present diagnostic difficulties. To complicate the issue, a host of nonspecific symptoms often are mistakenly attributed to persistent infection.

Interest in performance-enhancing supplements is growing among younger athletes despite serious unresolved questions about safety and efficacy. Here&s the information you need to talk to your patients about supplements.