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Help your young patients avoid premature cardiovascular disease by knowing when to measure lipid levels, how to interpret them, and what to do about worrisome results.

From putting weight on premature infants to improving peak air flow in children with asthma, massage therapy has demonstrated impressive results. This pioneer touch researcher reviews the data and offers some intriguing hypotheses for how massage produces its effects.

C pneumoniae is a frequent cause of respiratory disease in children, but pinning down a laboratory diagnosis is difficult. Here are some tips on when to suspect this organism and how to treat the infection.

Children who complain of frequent bellyaches present a vexing clinical challenge. These guidelines will help you rule out organic disease and manage an ongoing biopsychosocial disorder.

An obtunded 2-year-old: A volatie situation.

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It's clear that three years of residency training isn't enough. Since we are unlikely to convince hospitals or the government to fund a fourth year, and since the expectation for comprehensive care by pediatricians is likely to increase, the only answer is to keep learning. If we run hard enough, we might be able to jump over the bar before they have a chance to raise it again.

For almost 20 years, pediatricians have hesitated to use acyclovir for "minor" ailments like fever blisters and chickenpox. These authors make the case that even minor illnesses deserve this proven therapy--especially now that it is off-patent and reasonably priced. See if their argument persuades you.

Vigilant monitoring and management are the keys to keeping the healthy, full-term infant with hyperbilirubinemia healthy and heading off the danger of brain damage.

As more mothers breastfeed, and for a longer time, pediatricians and their staffs are being called on to answer a wide variety of questions. These lactation experts show you how to respond to worries ranging from babies with too many or too few bowel movements to concerns about engorged breasts.

Pediatricians can handle most cutaneous and subcutaneous abscesses. The site of the lesion, agent of infection, and age and immunologic status of the child are the keys to treatment strategies.

Some pediatricians consider hospitalists a threat to their professional scope and to continuity of care for their patients. But when conditions are right, hospitalists can be just what the doctor ordered.

Catheterizing infants to monitor urine production has become so common that practitioners can lose sight of the procedure's dangers. These guidelines will help prevent urethral injuries.

For almost 20 years, pediatricians have hesitated to use acyclovir for "minor" ailments like fever blisters and chickenpox. These authors make the case that even minor illnesses deserve this proven therapy--especially now that it is off-patent and reasonably priced. See if their argument persuades you.

The manifestations of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adolescence can be subtle. Pediatricians need to know how to identify teens with the disorder and provide treatment that meets their developmental needs.

A newborn infant is cyanotic, hypoxemic, tachypneic, and grunting. Despite endotracheal intubation with 100% oxygen delivery, his percent oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry is only in the twenties. There seems to be a difference in oxygenation.

Two days after the onset of fever and sore throat, a toddler developed painful lumps on his chest.

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It is impossible to appreciate the health and well-being of children without understanding the families in which they live. We can't fix families that are broken, but at least we can recognize where we might be able to fill some of the cracks.

Medicine-pediatrics, the child of pediatrics and internal medicine, has become a young adult, and its parents can be proud of its achievements to date. This expert's crystal ball shows a rosy future as well

Many toddlers are deficient in iron and on their way to becoming obese. Pediatricians can help these little ones establish healthy eating habits by educating their parents.

From Ma huang to bee pollen, deep breathing to acupuncture, alternative asthma therapy is in vogue. You need to know what your patients are using, whether it's safe, and how it works. Here's the evidence.