Disorders of Growth
Keywords Short stature, Failure to thrive The most common reasons for deviant measurements are technical (i.e., faulty equipment and human errors). Repeating a deviant measurement is the first step….
PEDIATRICS
Normal Growth
Keywords Normal growth, Growth Charts Health Maintenance Visit The frequent office visits for health maintenance in the first 2 years of life are more than physicals . Although a…
Pearls for Practitioners
Chapter 1 Population and Culture • Pediatricians must continue to address major issues impacting children’s health outcomes including access to care, health disparities, and environmental factors including toxic stressors such…
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
Keywords Palliative care, end of life, death, quality of life, hospice The death of a child is one of life’s most difficult experiences. The palliative care approach is defined…
Ethics and Legal Issues
Keywords Autonomy, confidentiality, informed consent, genetic testing Ethics in Health Care The ethics of health care and medical decision-making relies on values . Sometimes, ethical decision making in medical…
Professionalism
Keywords Professionalism, patient-physician relationship, accreditation Concept of Professionalism Society provides a profession with economic, political, and social rewards. Professions have specialized knowledge and the potential to maintain a monopoly…
Population and Culture
Keywords Pediatric mortality, pediatric morbidity, health disparities Care of Children in Society Health care professionals need to appreciate the interactions between medical conditions and social, economic, and environmental influences…
Nevi and Melanoma in Children
Nevi and Melanoma in Children Gina Prado Pigmented lesions in childhood can pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for pediatric surgeons. This chapter examines the common pigmented lesions encountered in childhood….
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma Courtland Polley Rhabdomyosarcomas (RMSs) are primary malignant soft tissue tumors that arise from embryonic mesenchyme with the potential to differentiate into skeletal muscle.1 They are rare overall but account…
CNS Tumors in Children
CNS Tumors in Children Lukas Gaffney Brain and central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the most common pediatric solid organ tumor and second most common malignancy overall behind leukemia.1 CNS…
