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Volume 16, Issue 5
May 2000
AAP News Cover Image for Volume 16, Issue 5
ISSN 1073-0397
EISSN 1556-3332

News and Features

Warn parents of health risks of firearms in home, AAP urges
Lori O’Keefe
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Topics: firearms
Pediatrics ‘highly popular’ as match rate tops 95%
from the AAP Division of Graduate Medical Education and Pediatric Workforce
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Topics: education, medical, graduate , internship and residency , national resident matching program , older adult , program directors
Document behavior, consult parents, teachers, new ADHD guideline advises
from the AAP Committee on Quality Improvement Subcommittee on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Topics: adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , teachers
Policies in Pediatrics
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Topics: adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , sports medicine , physical fitness , practice guidelines
Swimming lessons won’t protect young children from drowning
Carla Kemp
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Topics: drowning , swimming
Clarify school protocol for students facing DNR order: new policy
Tom Nugent
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Topics: do-not-resuscitate orders
Errors in several Correct Coding Initiative edits affect pediatrics
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Topics: medical coding , modifiers
Begin diabetes screening at age 10 for high-risk patients: AAP, ADA
Holly Falik, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: diabetes mellitus, type 2 , diabetes screening , obesity , diabetes mellitus , insulin resistance
FDA approves another thimerosal-free hepatitis B vaccine
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Topics: hepatitis b vaccines , thimerosal , united states food and drug administration
Answers to frequently asked questions about Your Practice Online
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Topics: computers , internet , societies, medical , color , advertising
Members’ comments sought on reimbursement recommendations
from the AAP Department of Practice and Research
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Topics: reimbursement mechanisms
Portrait
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PROS study influences precocious puberty workup guidelines
from the Center for Child Health Research and the AAP Department of Practice and Research
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Topics: precocious puberty
COID offers strategies for improving varicella coverage
Luann Zanzola
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Topics: chickenpox , vaccines
Pediatrics Overseas volunteers share skills with colleagues abroad
Heather Cunningham
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Topics: brazil , newborn , nurseries , steering committee , travel
Pediatricians encouraged to teach parents how to use car seats
Carden Johnston, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: car seats , teaching

Health Briefs

Health Briefs - May 2000
Carla Kemp
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Topics: amoxicillin , bottled drinking water , fluorides , internship and residency , preschool child

Washington Report

AAP joins ‘Million Moms’ to march for gun legislation
Sherry Trust Llewellyn
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Topics: firearms , statutes and laws
Senators propose better testing for child safety seats
Sherry Trust Llewellyn
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Topics: car seats
White House addresses pediatric psychotropic drug use
Sherry Trust Llewellyn
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Topics: psychotropic drugs , adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Letter from the President

Value of your AAP membership depends on how much you give
Donald E. Cook, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: consensus , physicians, family , science of nutrition , spouse

Managed Care Q&A

My staff has expressed concern about incorporating the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) into our pediatric practice. How does the scale fit the needs of the pediatrician, and where can I receive more information about it?
Charles M. Vanchiere, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: resource based relative value scale

Second Opinions

Genes don’t define us
Norman J. Sissman, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: genes
Sleep position and SIDS
Ralph K. Campbell, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: sleep , sudden infant death
Wishes come true
Kyoung-Soon (Bob) Kim, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: community , emotions , frustration , georgia (republic) , georgia (state)
Support GME funding
Lawrence A. McAndrews, FACHE
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Topics: graduate medical education funding , education, medical, graduate , teaching hospitals

Pediatricians and the Law

Personal insight, preparation key to coping with litigation stress
Sara Charles, M.D.
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Topics: coping behavior , litigation

Coding Corner

Coding Corner - May 2000
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Topics: care of intensive care unit patient , medical coding , critical illness , neonatal intensive care

Neonatal/Pediatric Critical Care Courses - Chicago

CME: Neonatal/Pediatric Critical Care courses in Chicago
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Topics: education, medical, continuing , newborn , pediatric critical care , professors

Agency ABCs

Information center is jumping-off point for nutrition resources
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Topics: information centers , jumping , science of nutrition

Chapter Views and News

Chapter wins governor’s support for Medicaid reform
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Topics: medicaid , alabama

For Your Benefit

For Your Benefit - May 2000
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Topics: adoption , breast feeding , china , diagnostic radiologic examination , education, medical, continuing

Health Alerts

Health Alerts - May 2000
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Topics: chest , consumer product safety , cushions , jogging , silver

Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News - May 2000
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Topics: awards and prizes , denmark , dermatology , hospitals, pediatric , professors

In Memoriam

In Memoriam - May 2000
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Topics: congestive heart failure , myocardial infarction , parkinson disease , brain , farming environment

Seen & Heard

Seen & Heard - May 2000
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Topics: ambulatory care services , violence , sleep , poison prevention , stomach
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  • Online ISSN 1556-3332
  • Print ISSN 1073-0397

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