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Volume 28, Issue 10
October 2007
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ISSN 1073-0397
EISSN 1556-3332

News and Features

Autism, A to Z: A new toolkit for pediatricians will include the latest information on autism spectrum disorders, including new clinical reports on identification, evaluation, management
Deborah Johnson
View articletitled, Autism, A to Z<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">A new toolkit for pediatricians will include the latest information on autism spectrum disorders, including new clinical reports on identification, evaluation, management</span>
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Topics: autism spectrum disorder , autistic disorder
The pediatrician is in: Some practices have combined convenience and a medical home to help fend off competition from retail-based clinics
Lori O'Keefe
View articletitled, The pediatrician is in<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">Some practices have combined convenience and a medical home to help fend off competition from retail-based clinics</span>
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Topics: medical home , retail clinics , weekend
From healthy nutrition to behavioral concerns: New edition of Bright Futures can help pediatricians focus on critical issues at well-child visits
Lori O'Keefe
View articletitled, From healthy nutrition to behavioral concerns<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">New edition of <em>Bright Futures</em> can help pediatricians focus on critical issues at well-child visits</span>
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Topics: bright futures , science of nutrition , well child visit
This month in Pediatrics
View articletitled, This month in Pediatrics
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Topics: bioethics , child health , early hearing detection and intervention , joint committee on infant hearing , professionalism
Breath of fresh air: Environmental concerns fuel transition from CFC to HFA asthma inhalers
Michael J. Welch, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Breath of fresh air<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">Environmental concerns fuel transition from CFC to HFA asthma inhalers</span>
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Topics: albuterol , asthma , inhalers
2008 AAP district office vacancies announced
View articletitled, 2008 AAP district office vacancies announced
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Future looks brighter for Michigan Medicaid providers,beneficiaries
Lori O'Keefe
View articletitled, Future looks brighter for Michigan Medicaid providers,beneficiaries
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Topics: medicaid , michigan
Sounds of silence: Almost half of children who fail hearing screening are lost in the system. Updated recommendations offer guidelines for early detection, intervention.
Jessica Pupillo
View articletitled, Sounds of silence<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">Almost half of children who fail hearing screening are lost in the system. Updated recommendations offer guidelines for early detection, intervention.</span>
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Topics: hearing loss , hearing screening
The good doctor: Eight components of professionalism in pediatrics are the `bricks and mortar' of practice
Susan Stevens
View articletitled, The good doctor<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">Eight components of professionalism in pediatrics are the `bricks and mortar' of practice</span>
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Topics: professionalism
AAP helps identify pediatric functions that should be included in EHRs
AAP Division of Pediatric Practice
View articletitled, AAP helps identify pediatric functions that should be included in EHRs
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Topics: electronic medical records , child health
Obesity network assists clinicians in assessing, treating children
View articletitled, Obesity network assists clinicians in assessing, treating children
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Topics: obesity
Quality Improvement Innovation Network (QuIIN): How the work of medical `field testers' may one day ensure that all infants are assessed for hyperbilirubinemia before they leave the hospital
Sheryl Cash
View articletitled, Quality Improvement Innovation Network (QuIIN)<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">How the work of medical `field testers' may one day ensure that all infants are assessed for hyperbilirubinemia before they leave the hospital</span>
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Topics: hyperbilirubinemia , quality improvement
Six-month reprieve granted for tamper-proof prescription pads
View articletitled, Six-month reprieve granted for tamper-proof prescription pads
Topics: cushions
Dr. Tayloe to assume AAP presidency in 2008
View articletitled, Dr. Tayloe to assume AAP presidency in 2008
Deaths of cochlear implant recipients prompt call for immunization
Allison Bond
View articletitled, Deaths of cochlear implant recipients prompt call for immunization
Topics: cochlear implants , immunization
Infant OTC cough, cold meds voluntarily withdrawn due to potential for misuse
Allison Bond
View articletitled, Infant OTC cough, cold meds voluntarily withdrawn due to potential for misuse
Topics: cold sensation , cold temperature , common cold , cough , drugs, non-prescription

Health Briefs

Pediatrician visits make up low share of expenditures for office-based care
Carla Kemp
View articletitled, Pediatrician visits make up low share of expenditures for office-based care
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Topics: cardiologists , family medicine , health insurance, private , internal medicine , medicaid
Antibiotic prophylaxis does not prevent UTIs
Carla Kemp
View articletitled, Antibiotic prophylaxis does not prevent UTIs
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Topics: antibiotic prophylaxis , urinary tract infections , recurrent urinary tract infections
CAM popular among children with chronic diseases
Carla Kemp
View articletitled, CAM popular among children with chronic diseases
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Topics: chronic disease

Washington Report

New CMS policy threatens SCHIP
Priscilla Ring
View articletitled, New CMS policy threatens SCHIP
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Topics: children's health insurance program (chip) , health care financing administration , mountain sickness, chronic , myasthenic syndromes, congenital
AAP members lobby for SCHIP
Priscilla Ring
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Topics: children's health insurance program (chip)
Pediatrician testifies on post-Katrina health care
Priscilla Ring
View articletitled, Pediatrician testifies on post-Katrina health care
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Topics: hurricane katrina
NCE session focuses on 2008 elections
Priscilla Ring
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Topics: advocacy , government , state government , teaching

Letter from the President

Year flies by, but important gains made for children, pediatricians
Jay E. Berkelhamer, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Year flies by, but important gains made for children, pediatricians
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Topics: diptera

Research Update

Landmark study seeks to define norms for puberty in boys
AAP Department of Research
View articletitled, Landmark study seeks to define norms for puberty in boys
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Topics: puberty

Focus on Subspecialties

History, physical exam most vital tools for diagnosing rheumatic disease in children
James N. Jarvis, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, History, physical exam most vital tools for diagnosing rheumatic disease in children
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Topics: rheumatic disorders
Review your responsibilities prior to transport of critically ill child
Robert M. Insoft, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Review your responsibilities prior to transport of critically ill child
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Topics: critically ill children
Before testing for hypercoagulable disorders, consider how results will aid management
Eric J. Werner, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Before testing for hypercoagulable disorders, consider how results will aid management
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Topics: thrombophilia , thrombosis

Pediatricians and the Law

Answering the call: Pediatricians should educate themselves, staff on how to provide telephone advice
Jeffrey L. Brown, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Answering the call<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">Pediatricians should educate themselves, staff on how to provide telephone advice</span>
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Topics: telephone , teaching

2007 AAP Award Winners

C. Anderson Aldrich Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , wiskott-aldrich syndrome
Virginia Apgar Award
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Topics: apgar score , awards and prizes
Leonard Apt Lectureship
View articletitled, Leonard Apt Lectureship
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Topics: adaptive pacing therapy
Award for Lifetime Contribution to Infectious Diseases Education
View articletitled, Award for Lifetime Contribution to Infectious Diseases Education
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Topics: awards and prizes , communicable diseases
Award for Outstanding Service to Maltreated Children
View articletitled, Award for Outstanding Service to Maltreated Children
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Topics: awards and prizes
Henry L. Barnett Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
William G. Bartholome Award for Ethical Excellence
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Topics: awards and prizes , ethics
Dave Berry Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Ogden Bruton Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Ogden Bruton Lectureship
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Arnold J. Capute Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Research Fellowship
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Topics: cardiac surgery procedures , cardiology
Cardiology Founders Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , cardiology , cardiac surgery procedures
James T. Cassidy Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Child Health Advocate Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , child health
E.H. Christopherson Lectureship on International Child Health
View articletitled, E.H. Christopherson Lectureship on International Child Health
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Topics: child health
Thomas E. Cone Jr. Lecture in Perinatal History Award
View articletitled, Thomas E. Cone Jr. Lecture in Perinatal History Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , perinatal period , retinal cone
Murray Davidson Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , science of nutrition
Adele Dellenbaugh Hofmann Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Distinguished Career Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , care of intensive care unit patient
Distinguished Service Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Distinguished Service Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Anne E. Dyson Child Advocacy Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , child advocacy
AAP Education Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Fellow Achievement Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Founders of Adolescent Health Award
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Topics: adolescent health services , awards and prizes
Stephan L. Gans Distinguished Overseas Lectureship
View articletitled, Stephan L. Gans Distinguished Overseas Lectureship
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Topics: anorectal malformations , biliary atresia , esophageal atresia , hirschsprung's disease , neonatal surgery
Leo J. Geppert Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Leo Geppert Award for Case Studies
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Topics: awards and prizes
Jerome Glaser Distinguished Service Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Ken Graff Young Investigator Research Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Clifford G. Grulee Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Ray E. Helfer, M.D., Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Holroyd-Sherry Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Edwin L. Kendig Jr. Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Abraham Jacobi Memorial Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Alvin H. Jacobs Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Howard Johnson Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
William E. Ladd Medal
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Topics: lacrimoauriculodentodigital syndrome
Elizabeth M. Leistikow Lifetime Achievement Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Local Heroes Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Andrew Margileth Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
National Pediatric Community Teaching Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , community
Native American Child Health Advocacy Award
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Topics: advocacy , awards and prizes , child health , native americans
Neonatal Education Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , newborn
Neonatal Landmark Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , newborn
New Investigator Research Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Nutrition Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , science of nutrition
Byron Oberst Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Oral Health Service Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , oral health
Outstanding Service Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Resident Achievement Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , internship and residency
Dale Richmond/Justin Coleman Lectureship
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Topics: adolescent psychiatry , mental disorders
Arnold M. Salzberg Mentorship Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , mentorships
Jim Seidel Distinguished Service Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Senior Section Child Advocacy Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , child advocacy
Milton J.E. Senn Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Thomas E. Shaffer Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Calvin C.J. Sia Community Pediatrics Medical Home Leadership and Advocacy Award
View articletitled, Calvin C.J. Sia Community Pediatrics Medical Home Leadership and Advocacy Award
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Topics: advocacy , awards and prizes , community pediatric service , medical home
Job Lewis Smith Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Urology Medal Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , urology
Martin C. Ushkow Community Service Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , community service
Charles “Buzzy” Vanchiere Award
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Topics: awards and prizes

Consultant's Corner

Inspiring teens to change: Motivational interviewing can be used— even in busy offices — to help adolescents adopt healthy behaviors
Adolescent Health Update Editorial Board
View articletitled, Inspiring teens to change<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">Motivational interviewing can be used— even in busy offices — to help adolescents adopt healthy behaviors</span>
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Topics: healthy habits , motivational interviewing , weight reduction , behavioral change

Coding Corner

Changes, revisions to ICD-9-CM codes affect pediatrics
AAP Division of Health Care Finance and Quality Improvement
View articletitled, Changes, revisions to ICD-9-CM codes affect pediatrics
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Topics: coding edits , deglutition disorders , international classification of diseases , hearing loss, mixed conductive-sensorineural

AAP Abroad

AAP program breathes life into first aid preparedness in Shanghai
Trisha Korioth
View articletitled, AAP program breathes life into first aid preparedness in Shanghai
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Topics: first aid , teachers

Chapter Views and News

Pediatricians, psychiatrists team up to meet mental health needs
AAP Department of Community, Chapter and State Affairs
View articletitled, Pediatricians, psychiatrists team up to meet mental health needs
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Topics: mental health , psychiatrists

For Your Information

National Child Health Day
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Topics: child health
AAP/Indian Academy of Pediatrics meeting
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Topics: academic medical centers , asthma , community health services , education, medical, continuing , grand rounds
Healthy Children fall issues
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Topics: well child
Clinical vaccinology course
View articletitled, Clinical vaccinology course
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Topics: vaccinology
Psychopharmacology institute day
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Topics: psychopharmacology
Free trial: online course
View articletitled, Free trial: online course
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Topics: education, medical, continuing , internet
Meet AAP publications' editors
View articletitled, Meet AAP publications' editors
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Test drive PREP ICU
View articletitled, Test drive PREP ICU
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Topics: intensive care unit
AAP publications
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Topics: amblyopia , down syndrome , hypoxia , international classification of diseases , medical coding
Influenza vaccination resources
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Topics: influenza vaccines
AAP CME calendar
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Topics: education, medical, continuing

For Your Benefit

Pay late dues now to renew AAP member benefits
AAP Department of Membership
View articletitled, Pay late dues now to renew AAP member benefits
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Topics: childhood obesity , internet , internship and residency , medical residencies , students, medical

CME

PAS Annual Meeting brings top international research to Hawaii
View articletitled, PAS Annual Meeting brings top international research to Hawaii
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Topics: hawaii

Health Alerts

Polly Pocket dolls, accessories
View articletitled, Polly Pocket dolls, accessories
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Topics: magnets , toys , intestinal perforation
Doggie Day Care play sets
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Topics: day care
Barbie accessory toys
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Topics: toys
Die cast toy cars
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Topics: automobiles , casts, surgical , death , toys
Batman and One Piece magnetic action figure sets
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Topics: magnets , toys , intestinal perforation
Barbie and Tanner play sets
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Topics: magnets , mental recall , toys , intestinal perforation , silver
Window blinds
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Topics: krypton , strangulation
Teether books
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Topics: choking , mental recall
Address books, journals
View articletitled, Address books, journals
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Topics: ingestion , metals , ohio , ownership
Spinning tops, tin pails
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Topics: vertigo
Wooden coloring cases
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Topics: toys , ingestion
Charm bracelets
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Topics: ingestion , jewelry , silver
Jewelry sets
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Topics: jewelry
Watering cans
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Topics: beak , community reinforcement and family training , crafts , ducks , gardens
Big Big World 6-in-1 bongo band toys
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Topics: toys
Geo Trax locomotive toys
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Topics: toys

Fellows in the News

EMSC presents awards to 3 AAP Fellows
View articletitled, EMSC presents awards to 3 AAP Fellows
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Topics: awards and prizes , emergency medical services for children
Fellows in the News - October 2007
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Topics: hospitals, pediatric , physician executives , professors , schools, medical , awards and prizes

In Memoriam

In Memoriam - October 2007
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Topics: cardiac surgery procedures , lung cancer , oklahoma

Seen & Heard

Seen & Heard - October 2007
AAP Department of Communications
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Topics: asthma , hypersensitivity , childhood obesity , lead poisoning , vaccines

Parent Plus

Halloween safety tips for superheroes, ghosts, goblins
Trisha Korioth
View articletitled, Halloween safety tips for superheroes, ghosts, goblins
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Topics: canes , copying (learning) , cushions , eye , jumping

Letters to the Editor

Services must follow the dollar
Melvin S. Stern, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: childhood obesity , community , costs and benefits , insurance , money
Australian gun control as a model
Randal Rockney, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: australia , statutes and laws , transfer technique , canada , injury prevention
Focus on accidents in pools, driveways
Dick G. Ellis, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: accidents
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