Volume 6 - Issue 7 - July 2007

Consultant for Pediatricians

Focus on Vaccines
Focus on Vaccines
Group A -Hemolytic Streptococcal Vulvovaginitis
04/29/2011

By DANTE PAPPANO, MD, MPH

By DANTE PAPPANO, MD, MPH
An otherwise healthy 3-year-old girl was brought for evaluation of fever, sore throat, and shaking chills of 12 hours' duration.
04/29/2011
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Focus on Vaccines
Update on Pediatric Rheumatology: Growth Spurt in the Knowledge Base
04/29/2011

L. Manuela Marinescu, MD, and Norman T. Ilowite, MD

Dr Marinescu is a fellow and Dr Ilowite is professor of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. Dr Ilowite is also chief of rheumatology at Children's Hospital at Montefiore, also in the Bronx.

L. Manuela Marinescu, MD, and Norman T. Ilowite, MDDr Marinescu is a fellow and Dr Ilow...
ABSTRACT: Dramatic progress has been made in our understanding of pediatric rheumatic disease.
04/29/2011
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Epidermal Inclusion Cysts
04/29/2011

By NIRAV SHASTRI, MD and CLAUDIA ESPINOSA, MD

By NIRAV SHASTRI, MD and CLAUDIA ESPINOSA, MD
A clinical diagnosis of epidermal inclusion cysts (EICs) was made. EICs occur predominantly in teens and middle-aged adults, without any racial or sexual predilection.
04/29/2011
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Focus on Vaccines

Young Child With Hematuria and Dysuria
04/29/2011
By What's Wrong With This Picture? NIMISHA AMIN, MDUniversity of California at Los AngelesNAVIN M. AMIN, MD--Series Editor, Primary CareUniversity of California at Irvine and Los Angeles, Stanford University
By What's Wrong With This Picture? NIMISHA AMIN, MDUniversity of California at Los An...
A 3-year-oldgirl is brought to the office because of a 1-week history of hematuria and dysuria.
04/29/2011
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Focus on Vaccines
Infant With Facial Anomalies
04/29/2011

Genetic Disorders By ANSLEY SPLINTER, MDKeck School of MedicineGOLDER N. WILSON, MD, PhD--Series EditorTexas Tech University Health Science Center

Genetic Disorders By ANSLEY SPLINTER, MDKeck School of MedicineGOLDER N. WILSON, MD, Ph...
This 6-month-old infant, born at 29 weeks' gestation, was transferred to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles for evaluation of intermittent stridor and a history of poor feeding.
04/29/2011
Focus on Vaccines
Focus on Vaccines

Gratitude
04/29/2011
By HOWARD FISCHER, MD
By HOWARD FISCHER, MD
It was my first day back at the office after a 2-month medical leave, which included 14 days of hospitalization for se
04/29/2011
Focus on Vaccines
Focus on Vaccines

The Hidden Dangers of Fashion
04/29/2011
By LARISSA HIRSCH, MD and CHARLES A. POHL, MD--Series Editor
By LARISSA HIRSCH, MD and CHARLES A. POHL, MD--Series Editor
Just How Safe Are Wheeled Sneakers?
04/29/2011
Focus on Vaccines
Focus on Vaccines

Typhoid and Malaria: Now in Your Waiting Room
04/29/2011
July 1, 2007
July 1, 2007
We frequently see children who have just returned from India with fever, diarrhea, and constitutional symptoms.
04/29/2011
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Focus on Vaccines
Herpes Simplex Dermatitis
04/29/2011

By ROBERT P. BLEREAU, MD

By ROBERT P. BLEREAU, MD
The child had had recurrent herpes labialis since early infancy.
04/29/2011
Case In Point
Case In Point
Vitamin D Deficiency Rickets
04/29/2011
A 9-month-old white boy was brought to the emergency department after he had been crying inconsolably for 2 hours. The parents thought the crying was related to the child's left leg, which they felt...
04/29/2011