Travel Medicine
PREPARING CHILDREN AND INFANTS FOR TRAVEL Travel Plans Parents and care providers should be advised that travel with children and infants is much more enjoyable when the number of journeys…
Diabetes Mellitus
ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSIS & TYPICAL FEATURES Polyuria, polydipsia, and weight loss. Hyperglycemia and glucosuria often with ketonemia/ketonuria. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is the most common type of diabetes…
Antimicrobial Therapy
Data regarding US outpatient pediatric antimicrobial prescriptions show a decreased number of antimicrobial prescriptions in 2010 compared to 2002. The most frequently prescribed antimicrobials are amoxicillin, azithromycin, amoxicillin-clavulanate, and cefdinir….
Ambulatory Office Pediatrics
Tanner JL, Stein MT, Olson LM, Frintner MP, Radecki L: Reflections on well-child care practice: a national study of pediatric clinicians. Pediatrics 2009 Sep;124(3):849–857 [Epub 2009 Aug 10] [PMID: 19706587]….
Eating Disorders
Bailer UF, Kaye WH: A review of neuropeptide and neuroendocrine dysregulation in anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Curr Drug Target CNS Neurol Disord 2003;2:53 [PMID: 12769812]. Bulik CM, Slof-Op’t Landt MC,…
Adolescent Substance Abuse
Table 5–2. Effects of commonly abused mood-altering substances by agent. American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed. Text Revision. American Psychiatric Association; 2000. Meyers JL,…
Advancing the Quality and Safety of Care
Committee on Quality Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine: Crossing the Quality Chasm: a New Health System for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2001. Kohn L,…
Child Abuse Neglect
ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSIS Forms of maltreatment: • Physical abuse • Sexual abuse • Emotional abuse and neglect • Physical neglect • Medical care neglect • Medical child abuse (Munchausen syndrome…
