Volume 7 - Issue 5 - May 2008

Consultant for Pediatricians

childhood overweight
childhood overweight
Acute Dx: What Cause of Sudden Illness?
05/06/2011

DAVID EFFRON, MD—Series Editor—and JOSEPH PIKTEL, MD
Dr Effron is assistant professor of surgery at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland,
attending physician in the department of emergency medicine at the MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, and consultant emergency physician at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr Piktel is a senior clinical instructor in the department of emergency medicine at MetroHealth Medical Center.

DAVID EFFRON, MD—Series Editor—and JO...
An 8-week-old boy is brought for evaluation of gradually worsening yellow skin discoloration of about 1 week’s duration.
05/06/2011
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childhood overweight
Infantile Perianal Pyramidal Protrusion
05/06/2011

ROBERT P. BLEREAU, MD
Morgan City, La

ROBERT P. BLEREAU, MDMorgan City, La ...
The mother of a 7-month-old female infant was very concerned about a “bump” in her child’s perianal area that she thought was a hemorrhoid.
05/06/2011
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childhood overweight
Orbital Blow-Out Fracture
05/05/2011

ABHAY PARIKH, MD and MANU MADHOK, MD, MPH
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis

ABHAY PARIKH, MD and MANU MADHOK, MD,...
A17-year-old boy who had been struck in the left eye by a glass bottle 3 days earlier presented to the emergency department with orbital bruising, eye pain, and swelling.
05/05/2011
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childhood overweight
Dog Bite
05/05/2011

DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD—Series Editor
Dr Kamat is professor of pediatrics at Wayne State University in Detroit. He is also director of the Institute of Medical Education and vice chair of education at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, both in Detroit.

DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD—Series Edito...
Each year, more than 4.7 million Americans are bitten by a dog.
05/05/2011
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childhood overweight
Carrots (Not Sticks) to Encourage a Healthy Weight
05/05/2011

LARISSA HIRSCH, MD and CHARLES A. POHL, MD—Series Editor
Dr Hirsch is an instructor of pediatrics at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. She is also a medical editor for www.KidsHealth.org. Dr Pohl is professor of pediatrics and associate dean of student affairs and career counseling at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

LARISSA HIRSCH, MD and CHARLES A. POH...
<P>According to the National Center for Health Statistics, almost one-fifth of American children<BR>aged 6 to 11 years are overweight—a proportion that has been increasing in recent years....
05/05/2011
pruritus
pruritus
Pruritus in Children: What’s Itching?
05/05/2011

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD
University of Calgary
WM. LANE M. ROBSON, MD
Childrens Clinic

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD University ...
In children, most causes of itching are the result of skin disease, not underlying systemic illness.
05/05/2011
Cardiogenic Shock Secondary to Viral Myocarditis
05/05/2011

STUART A. BRADIN, DO
University of Michigan

Dr Bradin is assistant professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine in the division of pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor.

STUART A. BRADIN, DO University of Mi...
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