Assessment and Management of the Suicidal Patient
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Suicide is the second leading cause of death among all youth in the United States between 10 and 24 years old.1 Suicide rates have increased almost…
Conversion and Pain Disorders
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen The assessment and management of children and adolescents who present with medically unexplained symptoms or symptoms in excess of what would be expected for a particular…
Depression and Physical Illness
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Children and adolescents hospitalized for the treatment of physical illness often have feelings of sadness, frustration, or irritability that represent a normal response to their experience….
Aspiration
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen The term aspiration encompasses a variety of respiratory syndromes, and many medical conditions can predispose to aspiration. Foreign body inhalation and the aspiration of infectious or…
Apparent Life-Threatening Event, Infant Apnea, and Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Infants are often brought for urgent or emergent medical assessment owing to abnormal breathing patterns or worrisome respiratory episodes. Often the episode resolves before the patient…
Oncologic Emergencies
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Early recognition, prevention, and treatment of oncological emergencies improves clinical outcomes. Both at initial presentation and during treatment, pediatric cancer patients can develop acute, severe, and…
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Thousands of hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) are performed in children and adolescents annually in the United States. HSCT is being used to treat a growing…
Childhood Cancer
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Childhood cancer is rare, with only approximately 10,000 new cases diagnosed each year in the United States. Nonetheless, cancer is the leading cause of disease-related mortality…
Stroke, Arteriopathy, and Vascular Malformations
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Stroke refers to acute vascular events involving the brain, brainstem, or spinal cord. Subtypes of stroke in the pediatric population include arterial ischemic stroke (AIS), cerebral…
Demyelinating Disease
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Acquired demyelinating syndromes encompass both acute and chronic immune-mediated disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) and include acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), optic neuritis (ON), transverse…
