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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Professor’s Pearls Section VII: The Emergency Department Magdy W. Attia, MD Consider the following clinical problems and questions posed. Then refer to a discussion of these issues by Magdy W….
Chapter 65 The Newborn With a Murmur (Case 28) Elizabeth E. Adams, DO Case During your initial evaluation of a 12-hour-old, term, appropriate-for-gestational-age male, you auscultate a grade II/VI continuous…
Chapter 66 Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (Case 29) Faizah N. Bhatti, MD, MS Case A 37-weeks’-gestation infant delivered 3 hours ago by cesarean delivery for failure to progress has…
Chapter 64 Antenatal Hydronephrosis (Case 27) David J. Sas, DO, MPH Case A routine prenatal ultrasound of a 20–weeks’-gestation male fetus reveals bilateral hydronephrosis. Differential Diagnosis Multicystic dysplastic kidneys (MCDK)…
