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Volume 30, Issue 1
January 2009
AAP News Cover Image for Volume 30, Issue 1
ISSN 1073-0397
EISSN 1556-3332

News and Features

Data from three sources show HPV4 vaccine safe
Joseph A. Bocchini, Jr., M.D., FAAP
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Topics: vaccines , syncope
Tainted milk scandal
Melamine scare highlights need for thorough exams of all internationally adopted children
Robert Musinski
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Topics: melamine , china , milk , adoption, international
Highlights of 2009 immunization schedules
Lorry Rubin, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: immunization schedule , vaccines
You paid how much?
Studies uncover wide variations in vaccine prices, reimbursement
Lori O’Keefe
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Topics: reimbursement mechanisms , vaccines
This month in Pediatrics
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Topics: aids, pediatric , behavioral health care , child health , communicable diseases , immunization schedule
What’s wrong with the health care system for insured adolescents?
Jessica Pupillo
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Topics: care plan , health care systems , insurance , substance abuse , insurance carriers
Family Affair
Experts differ on whether benefits outweigh risks of providing influenza vaccine to parents
Lori O’Keefe
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Topics: influenza vaccines , vaccines
AAP delegation works to strengthen AMA focus on child health issues
O. Marion Burton, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: bar codes , child health , health information technology , health insurance , medical home
Merck updates status of hepatitis A, MMR vaccines
Joseph A. Bocchini, Jr., M.D., FAAP
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Topics: hepatitis a , measles-mumps-rubella vaccine , vaccines
Recommended immunization schedule for persons aged 0 through 6 years
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Topics: immunization schedule
Recommended immunization schedule for persons aged 7 through 18 years
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Topics: immunization schedule
Catch-up immunization schedule for persons aged 4 months through 18 years who start late or who are more than 1 month behind
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Topics: immunization schedule, catch-up
Academy working to pave the way for youths to transition to adult health care providers
from the AAP Division of Children with Special Needs and the Council on Children with Disabilities
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Topics: adolescent , child with special needs
AAP continues addressing challenges with private payers
Anne B. Francis, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: healthcare payer , obesity , vaccines , immunization , medical home
Groups probe ways to improve children’s dental care
Alyson Sulaski Wyckoff
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Topics: dental procedures , oral health , diet , fluorides
Visiting lectureships spread education in tobacco control
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Topics: internship and residency , medical residencies , passive smoking , smoke , tobacco
Practices can bill for phone calls handled by nurses
Andrew R. Hertz, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: telephone

Health Briefs

Vaccination coverage among adolescents
Carla Kemp
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Topics: vaccination coverage
Staff-only hospitalist care reduces costs
Carla Kemp
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Topics: hospitalists
Age-specific reference values developed for sweat testing
Carla Kemp
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Topics: reference values , sweat test , cystic fibrosis , cystic fibrosis sweat test , sodium

Washington Report

Will ‘Yes we can’ become ‘Yes we did’?
Jay E. Berkelhamer, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: children's health insurance program (chip) , health care reform , medicaid , touch sensation , economics
Register now for 2009 AAP Legislative Conference
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Topics: advocacy , child health , fellowships and scholarships , financial support , government

Letter from the President

Obama’s first 100 days offer opportunity to promote AAP agenda
David T. Tayloe, Jr., M.D., FAAP
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Topics: agenda , health care systems , economics

Research Update

PROS study validates AAP bronchiolitis guidelines
from the AAP Department of Research
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Topics: bronchiolitis

Commentary

Adhering to vaccine schedule is best way to protect children from disease
Margaret C. Fisher, M.D., FAAP; Joseph A. Bocchini, Jr., M.D., FAAP
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Topics: vaccines
Pharma councils bring together pediatricians, vaccine manufacturers
Richard Lander, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: vaccines

Focus on Subspecialties

Shared decision-making will optimize use of CT in children
Dorothy I. Bulas, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: computed tomography , radiotherapy dosage , shared decision making , radiation safety measures

Chapter Views and News

Chapter members develop programs to reduce injuries, violence
from the AAP Department of Community, Chapter and State Affairs
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Topics: violence , violence prevention , bullying , knowledge acquisition , water safety

Pediatricians and the Law

Taking a toll: Malpractice trials can be costly and emotionally draining. Mediation is one option to avoid litigation.
Stephan R. Paul, M.D., J.D., FAAP
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Topics: litigation , malpractice , medical malpractice , defendants , arbitration

Coding Corner

CPT coding changes for 2009 outlined
from the AAP Department of Health Care Finance and Quality Improvement
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Topics: cpt codes , modifiers , add-on code , medical coding , vaccines

FDA Update

Web page launched on safe use of pediatric biologics
from the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Pediatric Therapeutics and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
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Topics: biological products , internet

For Your Information

Call for applications
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Topics: awards and prizes , newborn resuscitation , optn gene , life support procedure
User-friendly Pediatrics Web site
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Pediatrics in Review 30-year anniversary
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Topics: adolescent behavior , drug interactions , peer review
Practice Management Online
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Topics: practice management
Dietary supplement research
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Topics: dietary supplements
AAP Grand Rounds redesign
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Topics: grand rounds
Hearing protection campaign
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Topics: hearing protection
AAP publications
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Topics: cholesterol , crying , food , health literacy , hunger
Award for AAP publication
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Topics: awards and prizes
Tobacco-free Web site
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Topics: tobacco
National Children’s Study
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Topics: national children's study
Facts about thyroid disorders
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Topics: thyroid diseases
2009 PREP Audio podcast update
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Topics: podcasts
Revised imaging guidelines
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Topics: american college of radiology , american college of rheumatology , appropriateness , evidence-based practice

CME

Future of Pediatrics features more than 50 CME sessions
David Ma
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Topics: education, medical, continuing , professors , schools, medical

Health Alerts

Roman blinds
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Topics: consumer product safety , gossypium , india , mental recall , neck
Diving sticks
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Topics: stick dosage form , diving
Baby denim pants
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Topics: arizona , bangladesh , choking , consumer product safety , metals
Roller shades, Roman shades
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Topics: consumer product safety , cream , maine , medical devices , salvia officinalis
Two-way radios
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Topics: radio communications
Toy trains
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Topics: toys

Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News - January 2009
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Topics: awards and prizes , child abuse , neglect , professors , new mexico

In Memoriam

In Memoriam - January 2009
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Topics: alaska , cancer , cerebrovascular accident , ischemic stroke , metastatic melanoma

Parent Plus

Put the brakes on car surfing among teens: Car surfing, a thrill-seeking activity introduced in the 1980s, continues to result in injuries and deaths among teenagers, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
David Ma
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Topics: centers for disease control and prevention (u.s.) , surfing , thrill seeking

Letters to the Editor

Foreign bodies with lead require immediate removal
Andrew J.A. Holland, Ph.D., FRCS, FRACS
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Topics: foreign bodies
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