Obgyn Key

Renal Malformations   Norman D. Rosenblum   Renal malformations account for 30% to 50% of end-stage renal disease in children. Approximately one half of such cases are associated with lower…

Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction   H. Royden Jones, Jr.   This chapter provides a practical approach, to the evaluation and treatment of the most common pediatric-acquired neuromuscular transmission disorder,…

Motor Disorders of the Stomach, Small Bowel, and Colon   Manu R. Sood and Casey M. Calkins   Propulsion of the luminal contents along the gastrointestinal tract requires coordinated contractions…

Trauma, Burns, and Bites   Robert P. Foglia   Between age 1 month and 18 years, one half of all deaths in children are the result of a traumatic injury….

Cystic Fibrosis   David M. Orenstein   EPIDEMIOLOGY Cystic fibrosis (CF) is inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder. It is most common in those of northern European descent, with an…

Respiratory Chain Disorders   Salvatore DiMauro   DISORDERS OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATORY CHAIN The respiratory chain (RC) is the terminal pathway of mitochondrial metabolism, where most energy is produced as…

Scleroderma   Francesco Zulian   Juvenile scleroderma syndromes are multisystem autoimmune rheumatic diseases whose unifying characteristic is the development of hard skin before age 16. They can be separated into…

Kawasaki Disease   Mary Beth Son and Jane W. Newburger   Kawasaki disease (KD), an acute febrile illness of childhood, was described in Japan in 1967 by Dr. Tomasaku Kawasaki…

Diagnostic Approaches for Infectious Diseases   John C. Christenson and E. Kent Korgenski   Although not all infectious diseases require a diagnostic laboratory intervention (eg, un-complicated otitis media), clinicians often…

Urologic Abnormalities of the Genitourinary Tract   Luis H. P. Braga and Darius J. Bägli   ANOMALIES OF THE KIDNEY AND URETER URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION Obstruction of the flow of…