Volume 13 - Issue 10 - October 2014

Consultant for Pediatricians

Dermatologic disorders
Dermatologic disorders
Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis of the Newborn
10/19/2014

Tristan Kraft, MD, PhD, and Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD—Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit

Tristan Kraft, MD, PhD, and Deepak M....
An 11-day-old girl presented for a newborn checkup. A large (approximately 8 × 10 cm), lobulated, blotchy subcutaneous lesion was noted over her back.
10/19/2014
nipple discharge
nipple discharge
Bloody Nipple Discharge in Infancy
10/17/2014

Lana Soylu, MD

University of South Florida, Tampa

Vonita Chawla, MBBS

Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Loni, India

Lana Soylu, MDUniversity of South Flo...
A healthy 12-month-old girl presented for a routine well-child checkup. The mother had noted a bloody discharge on the infant’s shirt over the right nipple on several occasions.
10/17/2014
Immunizations
Immunizations
Dog Bite in an Unimmunized Boy
10/17/2014

Kevin Jones, MD; Pisespong Patamasucon, MD; and Kami Larsen, MD

University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas

Kevin Jones, MD; Pisespong Patamasuco...
An 11-month-old boy, with no significant past medical history other than delayed vaccinations, presented to the emergency department with a dog bite to the head.
10/17/2014
Renal Disease
Renal Disease
Renal Cystic Dysplasia
10/17/2014

Dana A. Weiss, MD; Christopher J. Long, MD; and Michael C. Carr, MD, PhD

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Dana A. Weiss, MD; Christopher J. Lon...
At 27 weeks’ gestation, a female fetus was found to have left hydronephrosis that was consistent with a left multicystic dysplastic kidney (versus ureteropelvic junction obstruction with a perinephric...
10/17/2014
colic
colic
Are Colicky Infants Telling Us Their Mother’s Past … And Their Own Future?
10/17/2014

Chalanda Jones, MD

Chalanda Jones, MD
Recently, a group of researchers has hypothesized about a possible association between maternal migraine and infant colic.
10/17/2014
Dermatologic disorders
Dermatologic disorders
Worsening Swelling and Pain on the Side of a Girl’s Face
10/17/2014

Sharda Udassi, MD; Nancy George, MD; Zachary Boucher; and Sanjeev Y. Tuli, MD

Sharda Udassi, MD; Nancy George, MD; ...
A mother brought her otherwise healthy 22-month-old daughter in with concern about swelling and pain over the left side of the girl’s face.
10/17/2014
What's Your Diagnosis?
What's Your Diagnosis?
An Itchy, Round Rash on the Back of an Adolescent’s Neck
10/17/2014

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Editor, and Benjamin Barankin, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Edit...
A 16-year-old boy presented with an erythematous round rash on the nape.
10/17/2014
Nutrition
Nutrition
Breastfeeding Hypernatremic Dehydration: A Potentially Grave Threat to Breastfed Newborns
10/17/2014

Naresh Reddivalla, MD; Nithi Fernandes, MD; Thais Queliz, MD; and Gerard Prosper, MD

Naresh Reddivalla, MD; Nithi Fernande...
Breastfeeding hypernatremic dehydration (BFHD), although uncommon in a neonate, is a serious condition and a well-recognized cause of permanent neurologic abnormality or death if left untreated.
10/17/2014
Orthopedics
Orthopedics
A 5-Year-Old Boy With a Limp and a Tender Arch
10/17/2014

Leigh Ann Lather, MD

Leigh Ann Lather, MD
A previously healthy 5-year-old boy presented for evaluation of an abnormal gait.
10/17/2014
breastfeeding
breastfeeding
Breast Milk, Solid Food, and Allergy Prevention: Are They Connected?
10/17/2014

Adriana I. Bonasso, Emily K. Nease, MD, and Linda S. Nield, MD—Series Editor

Adriana I. Bonasso, Emily K. Nease, M...
A Parent Asks: My 4-month-old daughter has been breastfed exclusively. When is the ideal time to start solid foods? And is it possible to prevent allergies?
10/17/2014
Iron Deficiency
Iron Deficiency
Iron Imbalance in Children, Part 1: Identification and Treatment of Iron Deficiency
10/17/2014

Germaine L. Defendi, MD, MS

Germaine L. Defendi, MD, MS
This article, the first of a 2-part series on iron imbalance in pediatric patients, focuses on iron deficiency.
10/17/2014
Dermatitis
Dermatitis
A Newborn With Scaly Scalp Lesions
10/17/2014

Manjusha Abraham, MD; Douglas Swanson, MD; and Philip Abraham, MD

Manjusha Abraham, MD; Douglas Swanson...
A 16-day-old girl’s parents brought her to an urgent care clinic out of concern for lesions on the newborn’s scalp. The lesions had appeared 2 days ago on her forehead and had spread to her scalp and...
10/17/2014
Vaccines
Vaccines
Consultations & Comments, October 2014
10/17/2014
Consultations & Comments, October 2014
10/17/2014
ADHD
ADHD
Autism Screening and Identification: From Paper to Electronic Medical Record
10/17/2014

Parker Webster and John W. Harrington, MD

Parker Webster and John W. Harrington...
The M-CHAT-R/F is sensitive and reliable for ADHD diagnosis, but as practices struggle to implement EMRs, they face the challenge of developing a workflow that allows results to be entered into a specific...
10/17/2014