The mother of a 6-month-old infant presents to her pediatrician's office. She tells you that her daughter has a fever, rash, and has recently began shedding skin on her palms and soles. During your...
A 36-year-old man who is trying to lose weight for his wedding presents to your clinic for advice. He asks you if there is evidence that intermittent fasting could help him lose weight.
The mother of a 28-month-old girl with a history of intrauterine opioid exposure brings the infant in with concerns of a low fever. While examining the patient's records, you realize that the infant...
An 11-year-old girl recently sustained a concussion during field hockey practice. Since then, she has been experiencing headaches and her mother has noticed that she seems more irritable than usual.
The current guidelines from the Pediatric Endocrine Society include 12 conditional and 16 strong recommendations, as well as 10 ungraded good practice statements. Do you know the Society’s recommendation...
A 3-year-old girl is brought into your office by her mother after a day of diarrhea and vomiting. Following a diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis, the child's mother asks if probiotics would be an...
In this new interactive quiz, we present a case of a 15-year-old girl who developed bilateral lower extremity weakness and paresthesia after having undergone partial parathyroidectomy with removal of an...
Children with Fabry disease who are diagnosed via symptoms should be assessed for organ involvement immediately. When should organ involvement be assessed in asymptomatic children with FD?
In this interactive quiz, we describe a case of a 2-year-old boy who presents with a persistent cough with production of green purulent sputum. Can you make a diagnosis and treat this patient?
The girl had had rhinorrhea, frontal headache, and watery eyes for 1 week prior to the vomiting, for which she had been treated with loratadine, 5 mg/d.
