Abdominal Pain (Case 51)
Chapter 94 Abdominal Pain (Case 51) John M. Howard, DO , Ruth D. Mayforth, MD, PhD , Reza J. Daugherty, MD Case A 5-year-old boy with a 2-day history of…
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Status Epilepticus (Case 47)
Chapter 89 Status Epilepticus (Case 47) Matthew J. Kapklein, MD, MPH Case A 6-year-old boy presents to your hospital’s emergency department after collapsing at school and beginning to have tonic-clonic…
Professor’s Pearls
Professor’s Pearls Section V: The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Linda M. Sacks, MD Consider the following clinical problems and questions posed. Then refer to a discussion of these issues by…
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (Case 35)
Chapter 76 Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (Case 35) Jane S. Lee, MD, MPH Case A term infant is delivered emergently by cesarean delivery because of a nonreassuring fetal heart tracing. The…
Tracheoesophageal Fistula (Case 34)
Chapter 75 Tracheoesophageal Fistula (Case 34) Veniamin Ratner, MD Case An apparently healthy term newborn with an unremarkable prenatal course is delivered. Prenatal ultrasound was significant only for mild polyhydramnios…
The Core Competencies in a Disaster Zone
Chapter 108 The Core Competencies in a Disaster Zone The Haitian Experience Glenn R. Stryjewski, MD, MPH As a physician educator in the United States, I believe in the values…
The Preterm Infant
Chapter 69 The Preterm Infant Christiana R. Farkouh, MD, MPH Patient Care and Medical Knowledge A preterm birth refers to any baby born before the thirty-seventh week of pregnancy. Infants…
Building Rapport With the Pediatric Patient
Chapter 107 Building Rapport With the Pediatric Patient A Retrospective Perspective Deena K. Roemer The extraordinary progress in medicine has largely been due to tremendous advances in science and technology…
Ethics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Chapter 105 Ethics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit The Limits of Viability Helen M. Towers, MD Medical Knowledge and Patient Care The limits of viability encompass three different groups…
Teamwork and Communication
Chapter 102 Teamwork and Communication Sara L.P. Ross, MD Medical Knowledge and Patient Care Background It is estimated that a doctor performs 160,000 to 300,000 interviews during a lifetime career,…
