Difficult Encounters with Parents
Difficult Encounters with Parents Barbara Korsch I. Description of the problem. No honest clinician in pediatrics can claim to love all patients all of the time or to communicate well…
Anticipatory Guidance in Well Child Care Visits in the First 3 Years: The Touchpoints™ Model of Development
Anticipatory Guidance in Well Child Care Visits in the First 3 Years: The Touchpoints™ Model of Development Joshua Sparrow T. Berry Brazelton I. What is a Touchpoint? A. Touchpoints are…
Teachable Moments in Primary Care
Teachable Moments in Primary Care Barry Zuckerman Steven Parker Margot Kaplan-Sanoff I. Description. Teachable moments (TM) represent a strategy to help pediatric clinicians provide effective education for parents within the…
Talking with Children
Talking with Children Yi Hui Liu Martin T. Stein I. The importance. A. Pediatric clinicians acknowledge the significance of nurturing an independent and trusting relationship with the child. As a…
Talking with Parents
Talking with Parents Barbara Korsch I. Description. It has been documented consistently for the last five decades that the doctor-patient relationship and communication are the strongest predictors of the outcome…
Malrotation & Volvulus
Malrotation & Volvulus Richard A. Falcone, Jr. , MD Basic Information Definition Malrotation is any abnormal rotation or fixation of the intestines as they return from the umbilical cord to…
Point-of-Care Sonography in the Second and Third Trimesters
Point-of-Care Sonography in the Second and Third Trimesters Assessment of symptoms and complaints by pregant women in the second and third trimesters can be expedited and decision making improved by…
Point-of-Care Sonography in Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine
Point-of-Care Sonography in Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine The three most common indications for point-of-care (POC) sonography in gynecology include the evaluation of the endometrial thickness, the measurement of follicles during…
Exercises in Electronic Fetal Monitoring
Exercises in Electronic Fetal Monitoring The exercises presented in this chapter are meant to facilitate the integration of the didactic information contained within the text of this book into the…
