Volume 8 - Issue 8 - August 2009

Consultant for Pediatricians

Rashes and Fever
Rashes and Fever

Practical Barriers to Adolescent Confidentiality: Can They Be Overcome?
04/29/2011
August 24, 2009
August 24, 2009
I read with interest Drs Someshwar and Nield’s Parent Coach feature, “Adolescent Confidentiality: Where
04/29/2011
Rashes and Fever
Rashes and Fever
Lesions That Point to Serious Bacterial Infections
04/29/2011

By KIRK BARBER, MD, FRCPC––Series Editor
Alberta Children’s Hospital

By KIRK BARBER, MD, FRCPC––Series Edi...
Purpuric pustules can present diagnostic challenges.
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Rashes and Fever
Rashes and Fever
Rashes and Fever in Children: Sorting Out the Potentially Dangerous, Part 3
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WILLIAM A. GIBSON, MD
 
Dr Gibson is acting program director of the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Emergency Medicine Residency, a joint Air Force and Army program with 46 residents, at Brooke Army Medical Center and Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily state or reflect those of the US Army or the US Government and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.
 
WILLIAM A. GIBSON, MD   Dr Gib...
Children who present with rash and fever could have serious illness and require immediate intervention. The morphology of lesions among children with symptoms of serious illness offers clues to the...
04/29/2011
sleep in children and youths
sleep in children and youths
When Johnny Can’t Sleep
04/29/2011

By HEATHER CLAWGES, MD and LINDA S. NIELD, MD—Series Editor
Dr Clawges is assistant professor of pediatrics at West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown. She is board-eligible in sleep medicine and will be taking the sleep medicine boards in November 2009. Dr Nield is associate professor of pediatrics at the same institution.

 

By HEATHER CLAWGES, MD and LINDA S. N...
<DIV id=article-content-body> <P><STRONG>A MOTHER ASKS: <EM>“My 8–year–old son has always had trouble falling asleep. He never falls asleep before 11 PM, even on school nights. Is...
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Diagnostic Challenges Associated With Pediatric Tuberculosis: 2 Cases
04/29/2011
The following cases review the current diagnostic challenges associated with pediatric tuberculosis (TB) and the recommended anti-TB treatment protocol.
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Isolated Macrodactyly
04/29/2011

PAULETTE P. SEE, MD and RICHARD PIERCE, MS
University of Illinois at Champaign–Urbana and Carle Clinic and Carle Foundation Hospital

PAULETTE P. SEE, MD and RICHARD PIERC...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p><img alt="Isolated Macrodactyly" src="/sites/default/files/transfer/0908cfpPCMacrodactyly_thumb.jpg" style="height:61px;...
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Fish Tapeworm Infestation
04/29/2011

DAVID KWEE, MD and MELISSA B. MILLER, PhD, D(ABMM)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

DAVID KWEE, MD and MELISSA B. MILLER,...
<P><IMG style="MARGIN: 5px; FLOAT: left" alt="Fish Tapeworm" src="/sites/default/files/transfer/0908cfpPCTapewormA_thumb.jpg" width=90 height=65>A 15-year-old boy...
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Erythema Toxicum
04/29/2011

ROBERT P. BLEREAU, MD
Morgan City, La

ROBERT P. BLEREAU, MDMorgan City, La ...
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