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Volume 29, Issue 4
April 2008
AAP News Cover Image for Volume 29, Issue 4
ISSN 1073-0397
EISSN 1556-3332

News and Features

Candidates announced for AAP president-elect
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Dying to get high
Teen deaths detailed in CDC report on ‘choking game’
Jessica Pupillo
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Topics: choking , terminally ill
This month in Pediatrics
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Topics: adoption , care of intensive care unit patient , communicable diseases , education, medical, graduate , influenza
Improving anticipatory guidance: Crying. Discipline. Toilet training. These are all normal stressors in parenthood. But for some parents, such triggers can lead to child abuse. That’s where the Practicing Safety program can help.
Kristy Kennedy
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Topics: child abuse , crying , precipitating factors , stressor , toilet training
Reminder: Suspend administering booster dose of Hib vaccine
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Topics: haemophilus b conjugate vaccines , vaccines
Doctor, is my child ready for school?
How pediatricians can impact a child’s success and help communities nurture school-ready kids
Jessica Pupillo
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Topics: community , school readiness , advocacy , kindergartens
Resources, coordination lacking
It’s time to improve infrastructure, preparedness for pediatric trauma patients
Allison Bond
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Topics: trauma, pediatric , coordination , wounds and injuries
AAP election: Principles, rules promote fair election process
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Topics: agenda , biography , cd-rom , consultants , destructive behavior
‘People folk’: AAP board member Dr. Rushton fits right in when standing up for children and the community
Stacy St. Clair
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Topics: community , seizures , south carolina , parity , medical home
Weighing the evidence: Strength training, with proper form and supervision, can be a beneficial component of an overall fitness program for youths
Arti Allam
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Topics: adolescent , strength training
Experts no longer prefer MMRV over separate shots
from the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases
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Topics: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella vaccine , vaccines
Flu vaccine recommended for children 6 months through 18 years
Henry H. Bernstein, D.O., FAAP
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Topics: influenza vaccines , influenza , vaccines
‘Going veggie’: Pediatricians should ensure vegetarian patients are getting nutrients they need
Allison Bond
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Topics: diet , malnutrition , nutrients , science of nutrition , vegetarianism
AAP facilitates pediatrician review of carrier policies
Anne B. Francis, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: apnea , communicable diseases , endoscopic surgery , endoscopy , enteral therapy, home
Longtime editor of Pediatrics to step down
Alyson Sulaski Wyckoff
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Topics: apgar score , awards and prizes , burkina faso , chemical surfactants , internet
Winning strategies
Calling the shots on sports participation for children with medical conditions
Stephen G. Rice, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., FAAP
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Topics: sports , vaccines
Academy kicks off 4th art contest for children
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Topics: arts , district of columbia , healthy lifestyle , money
Child health science
Pediatric Academic Societies meeting research
Alyson Sulaski Wyckoff
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Topics: attenuation , child health , ethics , misinformation , sudden infant death

Health Briefs

Brief screening tool for adolescent depression ideal for ED
Carla Kemp
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Topics: depressive disorders
Immigration increases risk of childhood lead poisoning
Carla Kemp
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Topics: emigration and immigration , lead poisoning , lead poisoning in children
Infrared skin thermometer good alternative for newborns
Carla Kemp
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Topics: skin , thermometers

Washington Report

Academy calls for child health priorities in spending bills
Priscilla Ring
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Topics: budgets , child health , spending
Opportunities for advocacy
Priscilla Ring
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Topics: advocacy , public health medicine , climate change

Letter from the President

AAP responds to campus tragedies, but more work remains
Renée R. Jenkins, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: community , poison prevention , violence , violence prevention , adverse event

Research Update

Part-time positions appeal to graduating pediatric residents
from the AAP Department of Research
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Topics: internship and residency , medical residencies

Focus on Subspecialties

Public policy, medical guidelines needed to address childhood obesity
Leona Cuttler, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: childhood obesity , public policy

Pediatricians and the Law

New research shows many medical liability reforms work
Robert A. Mendelson, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: economics , malpractice , medical liability , expert testimony

Coding Corner

Coding Corner - April 2008
from the AAP Department of Health Care Finance and Quality Improvement
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Topics: medical coding

AAP Abroad

‘Sister societies’ share injury, poison prevention knowledge
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Topics: poison prevention

Chapter Views and News

Retail-based clinics gain attention of state lawmakers
from the AAP Division of State Government Affairs
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Topics: retail clinics

For Your Information

Resources for pediatric practices
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Topics: billing and payment , fiscal policy , information seeking , patient care management , personnel selection
Vaccine guide for parents
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Topics: vaccines
‘Get Connected’ to e-prescribing
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Topics: electronic prescribing , pharmacies
Offer for neonatology graduates
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Topics: neonatology
Hearing loss study
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Topics: hearing loss
Career resource articles
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Topics: career development
Teleconference on grief
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Topics: grief
AAP publications
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Topics: bright futures , cd-rom , child development , child health , clinical practice guideline

For Your Benefit

Progress made in addressing AAP child health priorities
from the AAP Department of Membership
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Topics: child health , disasters and emergency preparedness , foster care , immunization , obesity

CME

‘Practical Pediatrics’ in Portland, Hilton Head over Memorial Day weekend
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Topics: weekend

Health Alerts

Pendants, candle charms
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Topics: color , ingestion , lead poisoning
Reading and math aids
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Topics: mathematics
Sketchbooks
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Topics: lead poisoning , metals , ingestion
Charm bracelet sets
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Topics: bible , crystal structure , cyclophosphamide/doxorubicin/etoposide , hand , heart
Children’s metal necklaces
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Topics: metals
Magnetic dart boards
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Topics: radiation therapy, adaptive
Ride-on vehicles
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Topics: bone wires , burns , consumer product safety , fire - disasters , fire - physical phenomenon
Girls’ bicycles
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Topics: consumer product safety , mental recall , silver
Remote-controlled helicopters
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Topics: burns , consumer product safety , fire - disasters , fire - physical phenomenon , operating room fire
Wooden cribs
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Topics: cribs
Crib toys
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Topics: cribs , toys
Transparent toy egg shakers
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Topics: toys , music
Spiderman water bottles
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Topics: choking , consumer product safety

Fellows in the News

Quality improvement expert joins Academy
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Topics: quality improvement
Fellows in the News - April 2008
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Topics: physician executives , professors , schools, medical , communicable diseases , health disparity

In Memoriam

In Memoriam - April 2008
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Topics: cancer , cerebrovascular accident , grassland , ischemic stroke , multiple myeloma

Seen & Heard

Seen & Heard - April 2008
from the AAP Department of Communications
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Topics: autistic disorder , body temperature , cold medication , confidentiality , ethanol

Parent Plus

Trampolines unsafe for children at any age
Allison Bond
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Topics: trampolines
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