We heard from several readers about a Photo Essay we recently published in our February issue entitled "The Butterfly Technique: A New Method of Inserting an Umbilical Vessel Catheter."
These pinpoint pustules, some with excoriations, and surrounding erythema appeared on the posterior trunk (A) and outer arms (B) of a 15-year-old boy after he had wrapped his upper body in a wool blanket.
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By ARVIND VASUDEVAN, MD and ATIYA KHAN, MD Dr Vasudevan is a resident in the neurology and psychiatry program at West Virginia University in Morgantown. Dr Khan is associate professor in the department of pediatrics and neurology at West Virginia University.
ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD—Series Editor Dr Leung is clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary and pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.
By ARVIND VASUDEVAN, MD and ATIYA KHAN, MD
Dr Vasudevan is a resident in the neurology ...
Dr Reitman is an adolescent medicine specialist in Washington, DC. He is director of pediatric and adolescent health at the John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents in Rockville, Md. He is also a member of the division of adolescent medicine at Children’s National Medical Center and an instructor of adolescent medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine.
David S. Reitman, MDDr Reitman is an adolescent medicine specialist in Washington, DC. ...
