. Transfusion Medicine
Transfusion Medicine Cassandra D. Josephson Transfusion of blood components is essential for treating children with various neonatal and pediatric disorders. Neonatal and pediatric transfusion practices can be classified…
. Viral Respiratory Infections Including Influenza
Viral Respiratory Infections Including Influenza J. Robert Honegger and Michael T. Brady Infants and preschool children experience 6 to 10 respiratory illnesses per year, and school-age children and…
. Osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma Richard Gorlick and Paul A. Meyers Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant primary bone tumor in children and adolescents. The diagnosis of osteosarcoma can be made based…
. Disorders of Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism
Disorders of Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism Georges van den Berghe PURINE METABOLISM METABOLIC PATHWAYS Purines comprise bases, nucleosides in association with ribose or deoxyribose, and nucleotides with one…
. Hypothyroidism in the Infant
Hypothyroidism in the Infant Delbert A. Fisher Causes of hypothyroidism are listed in Table 527-1. Transient neonatal hypothyroidism occurs in premature infants, and may be caused by drugs…
. Disorders of Bone Formation
Disorders of Bone Formation Allen W. Root NORMAL SKELETON: CARTILAGE AND BONE The skeleton comprises cartilage and bone and is a support for the insertion of muscles and…
. Toxic Ingestions and Exposures
Toxic Ingestions and Exposures Sing-Yi Feng, Collin S. Goto, and M. Douglas Baker MANAGEMENT OF THE INTOXICATED PATIENT Morbidity and mortality from childhood poisoning have decreased in the…
. Environmental Pediatrics
Environmental Pediatrics Ruth A. Etzel It is only in the last 50 years that diseases linked to environmental contamination have been recognized in pediatrics. Most environmental exposures now…
. Examination of the Newborn Infant
Examination of the Newborn Infant Joseph A. Zenel GENERAL EXAMINATION INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENTS Immediately after birth, all infants should be briefly examined for major congenital abnormalities, signs…
. Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System
Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System Thomas S. Murray and Robert S. Baltimore BACTERIAL MENINGITIS Meningitis, an infection of the subarachnoid space and leptomeninges caused by a…
