An 8-year-old boy whose family had recently immigrated from Southeast Asia was brought to the emergency department (ED) with a well-demarcated, pruritic rash that had appeared on his face 6 weeks earlier. ...
Alexander K. C. Leung, MD--Series Editor, and WM. Lane M. Robson, MD
Alexander K. C. Leung, MD--Series Editor, and WM. Lane M. Robson, MD
Mass noted on the right side of newborn's neck. Patient delivered vaginally at term to a G2P1 24-year-old mother following an uncomplicated pregnancy. Apgar scores, 7 and 9 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively....
By MARTHA A. HELLEMS, MD, MS GREGORY F. HAYDEN, MD
By MARTHA A. HELLEMS, MD, MS
GREGORY F. HAYDEN, MD
Influenza affects up to 40% of healthy children each year and carries with it risks of respiratory tract complications, hospitalization and, rarely, death.
Ms Lyons is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner at Hasbro Children’s Hospital Emergency Department in Providence, RI. She is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University School of Nursing in New York and an adjunct professor at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI.
By RACHEL LYONS, MS, RN, CPNP
Ms Lyons is a certified pediatric nurse practitione...
A 16-year-old girl presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 24-hour history of feeling tired and weak. The patient reported that she awoke that morning with the "worst headache of her...
Dr Messner is a clinical assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville. He is also a member of the divisions of child protection and forensic pediatrics and general pediatrics.
STEPHEN MESSNER, MDDr Messner is a clinical assistant professor in the department of pe...
A 7-year-old girl was referred for evaluation of suspected sexual abuse after a school nurse noticed marks on her neck suggesting "hickeys."
