Normal Infant and Childhood Development Sharon B. Richter Barbara J. Howard Raymond Sturner A major joy of pediatrics is observing and interpreting the child’s changing developmental abilities for the parents….
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Donald P. Orr Margaret J. Blythe Over the past decade, adolescents in the United States have become increasingly responsible with respect to sexual risk behaviors. The average…
Adolescent Substance Abuse and Other High-Risk Behaviors Richard B. Heyman Within the inner city and suburbia, among the poor and the affluent, in the white and nonwhite populations, among the…
Adolescent Hypertension Stephen R. Daniels Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adults. It has been clearly shown in the Framingham Study and other epidemiologic studies that…
Adolescent Pregnancy and Contraception Maria Trent Unplanned pregnancy is a major public health problem facing pediatric and adolescent health. In the 2001 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of high school students,…
Menstrual Disorders Sergio R. Russo Buzzini Melanie A. Gold Menarche, or the onset of menses, is one of the major milestones of female pubertal development. Although most adolescent girls pass…
Breast Disorders Gina S. Sucato Growth of the breast is usually the first sign of puberty in girls, and it also occurs transiently during normal pubertal development in many boys….
Introduction to Adolescent Medicine Alain Joffe Adolescence refers to that stage of human development encompassing the transition from childhood to adulthood. The term adolescence (derived from the Latin adolescere, to…
Nosocomial Infection in the Newborn Robert S. Baltimore Although all infections in newborns born in the hospital are considered to be hospital-acquired (nosocomial), infections manifesting in the first few days…
Genital Mycoplasmas Pablo J. Sánchez Jane D. Siegel The genital mycoplasmas consist of Mycoplasma hominis, M. fermentans, M. genitalium, and Ureaplasma spp. (T-strain mycoplasma; Ureaplasma urealyticum, ureaplasma). Only M. hominis…
