Growth and Metabolic Adaptation of the Fetus and Newborn Ricardo Uauy Patricia Mena Joseph B. Warshaw Recent developments in understanding the fetal origins of adult health demonstrate the importance and…
Congenital Malformations Lewis B. Holmes FREQUENCY OF MAJOR AND MINOR ANOMALIES A major malformation is usually defined as a structural abnormality that has surgical, medical, or cosmetic importance. Major malformations…
Newborn Screening Stephen G. Kahler The newborn screening of infants for metabolic disorders began more than 40 years ago, for phenylketonuria (PKU), following the discovery of children with mental retardation,…
Child Maltreatment Robert M. Reece EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHILD MALTREATMENT In the United States in 2003, approximately 2.9 million children were reported to Children’s Protective Service (CPS) agencies for abuse and/or…
Injury Prevention and Control Modena Hoover Wilson Rebecca Levin-Goodman In the United States and many other countries, injury is the leading cause of death for pediatric patients who survive the…
Immunization Neal A. Halsey Immunizations are among the most efficacious and cost-effective interventions available to improve the health and well-being of children. In the second half of the twentieth century,…
Feeding the Healthy Child Laurence Finberg Although the feeding of infants and children is a part of the cultural inheritance of all societies, it behooves pediatricians to understand both the…
Evaluating and Using Laboratory Tests Cynthia S. Minkovitz Lawrence S. Wissow Health care spending in the United States for clinical laboratory services continues to increase as new and more complex…
Ambulatory Care: Present and Future Morris Green DEFINITION AND SCOPE OF AMBULATORY CARE Ambulatory pediatrics encompasses the diagnosis and management of acute disease, developmental problems, and psychosocial illnesses; the continuing…
Molecular Genetics Charles P. Venditti Haig H. Kazazian Jr. The golden age of biology and medical science began around 1945, and can be traced to the work, both basic and…
