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Volume 31, Issue 11
November 2010
AAP News Cover Image for Volume 31, Issue 11
ISSN 1073-0397
EISSN 1556-3332

News and Features

CDC: Use WHO growth charts for children under 2
Frank R. Greer, M.D., FAAP; Jatinder J.S. Bhatia, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: length/height percentile for age , weight percentile for age , world health organization
Iron recommendations include directive on universal screening
Deborah Johnson
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Topics: iron , iron deficiency
New immunization administration CPT codes take effect Jan. 1
AAP Division of Health Care Finance and Quality Improvement
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Topics: cpt codes , immunization , vaccines
NCE Roundup
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AAP stays the course on timing of RSV immunoprophylaxis
H. Cody Meissner, M.D., FAAP; Michael T. Brady, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: disease outbreaks , palivizumab , bronchopulmonary dysplasia , congenital heart disease
Kinrix shortage expected to end soon
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Topics: diphtheria, tetanus toxoids, acellular pertussis vaccine and poliovirus vaccine, inactivated , vaccines
Dr. Palfrey calls on members to take child’s eye view
Trisha Korioth
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Topics: barack obama , eye , obesity
Pediatricians urged to fight ‘nature deficit’ in children’s lives
Trisha Korioth
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Topics: community , fear , obesity , preventive health services , spending
Peds21 highlights ‘promises and perils’ of health information technology
Alyson Sulaski Wyckoff
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Topics: electronic medical records , health information technology
NCE Highlights
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New bar codes on vaccines will record key information electronically
AAP Department of Practice
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Topics: bar codes , vaccines
AAP efforts pay off: UHC to update vaccine fee schedule
Norman “Chip” Harbaugh, Jr., M.D., FAAP
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Topics: vaccines , fee schedules
Section celebrates 50 years of progress in developmental, behavioral pediatrics
Kristy Kennedy
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Topics: developmental and behavioral pediatrics
Substance abuse, early sexuality
Addressing negative effects of media on youths
Lori O’Keefe
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Topics: adolescent , sexuality , substance abuse , public health medicine , television
Pediatrician’s role
Each year, 400,000 infants are born to depressed mothers. How you can help.
Lori O’Keefe
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Topics: depressed mood , depressive disorders , postpartum depression , depression, maternal
Pilot program trains pediatricians in child and adolescent psychiatry
Robert Ellis, Jr., M.D., FAAP; Amy Kathryn Anderson, Jr., M.D., FAAP
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Topics: child and adolescent psychiatry , painful piezogenic pedal papules , psychiatry
New Fellows
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Health Briefs

Lack of knowledge could lead teens to misuse OTC analgesics
Carla Kemp
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Topics: analgesics , drugs, non-prescription
Incidence of kidney stones in kids rises over past decade
Carla Kemp
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Topics: kidney calculi , nephrolithiasis
2nd dose of varicella vaccine effective in outbreaks
Carla Kemp
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Topics: chickenpox vaccine , disease outbreaks , vaccines

Washington Report

AAP pushes forward with child health priorities as 111th Congress reconvenes
Jamie Poslosky
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Topics: child health , embryonic stem cells , statutes and laws , underage drinking , child nutrition
AAP leaders meet with CMS head
Jamie Poslosky
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Topics: health care financing administration , mountain sickness, chronic , myasthenic syndromes, congenital
AAP takes issue with dissolvable tobacco products
Jamie Poslosky
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Topics: tobacco
AAP opposes move to drop child-only health policies
Jamie Poslosky
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Topics: health policy
New Web site offers advocacy tools for members
Jamie Poslosky
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Topics: advocacy

Letter from the President

Goal of coming year: Leave AAP flame burning a little brighter
O. Marion Burton, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: burning sensation

Research Update

Survey gauges availability, use of family-friendly benefits during residency
AAP Department of Research
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Topics: internship and residency , medical residencies

Chapter Views and News

Chapters implement early brain, child development programs
AAP Department of Community, Chapter and State Affairs
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Topics: brain , child development , delaware , georgia (republic) , georgia (state)

Pediatricians and the Law

AAP report reviews legal risks involved in consent by proxy
Gary N. McAbee, D.O., J.D., FAAP
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Topics: informed consent , principles of law and justice , proxy , litigation

ID Snapshot

What’s the Dx? Difficulty breathing, cough, yellowish sputum, rash
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Topics: cough , dyspnea , exanthema , sputum , infiltrates

MMWR in Review

Vaccination coverage among adolescents
Larry K. Pickering, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: tdap vaccine , thoracodorsal artery perforator flap , vaccination coverage , vaccines , meningococcal conjugate vaccine mcv4
Food-borne disease outbreaks
Larry K. Pickering, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: disease outbreaks , foodborne disease , norovirus

Health IT Trends

Child Health Informatics Center preparing AAP members for ‘meaningful use’
Christoph U. Lehmann, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: child health , informatics

FDA Update

Treatment for chemical poisoning approved for use in children
Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Pediatrics Therapeutics, Pediatric & Maternal Health Staff; Division of Neurology Products
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Topics: chemical poisoning , chlorides

AAP Abroad

China’s Neonatal Resuscitation Program celebrates lives saved
Trisha Korioth
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Topics: newborn resuscitation , optn gene

For Your Information

Try it free! AAP News app for iPhones
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Topics: malus , touch sensation
Academy supports fight against prematurity
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Topics: premature birth
CATCH grants: Call for proposals
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Topics: child health , community , internship and residency , medical residencies , health disparity
Learn about influenza vaccine recommendations, earn CME
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Topics: education, medical, continuing , influenza vaccines
Practice Management Online
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Topics: practice management
Faces of Influenza
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Topics: influenza
At the AAP Bookstore
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Topics: Adolescent Medicine , childhood obesity , communicable diseases , immunization , vaccines
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia guideline
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Topics: congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Participants needed for child health study
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Topics: child health
Clinical research sabbatical
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Topics: clinical research
Database of certified medical interpreters
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Topics: interpreters
Red Book Online updates
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Topics: maintenance of certification

For Your Benefit

What’s on your mind?
Members sound off on value of benefits, opinion of AAP
AAP Department of Membership
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Topics: internet use , sound , demography

CME

Hit the slopes, earn CME credits at Practical Pediatrics, Vail
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Topics: education, medical, continuing

Health Alerts

Infant sleep positioners pose suffocation risk
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Topics: asphyxia , sleep
Toddler tricycles
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Topics: toddler
Infant toys with inflatable ball
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Topics: toys
Light-up rings, star glasses
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Topics: eyeglasses
High chairs
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Topics: high chairs
Night lights
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Topics: lights, manufactured
Toy cars
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Topics: automobiles , toys
Mood rings, necklaces
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Topics: mood
Building sets
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Topics: choking , consumer product safety
Bracelets, toy balls
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Topics: toys
Roll-up blinds with valance
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Topics: community reinforcement and family training , crafts , strangulation , textiles , neck
Cribs
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Topics: cribs

Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News - November 2010
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Topics: bass , professors , schools, medical , awards and prizes , physician executives

In Memoriam

In Memoriam - November 2010
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Topics: diabetes mellitus , diabetes mellitus, type 2 , heart failure

Seen & Heard

Seen & Heard - November 2010
AAP Department of Communications
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Topics: acetaminophen , asthma , autistic disorder , brain concussion , generic drugs

Corrections

Correction - November 2010
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Topics: awards and prizes , developmental and behavioral pediatrics , disabled children , pediatric neurology

Parent Plus

Be safe; use booster seats to upper limits
Trisha Korioth
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Topics: car seats
Strategies for handling an aggressive preschooler
Rose Pastore
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Topics: preschool child
Take these steps to dial back children’s media use
Lori O’Keefe
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Topics: aggressive behavior , ethanol , internet , internet access , music

Letters to the Editor

Mandatory flu vaccine for health care workers: strength in numbers
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Topics: influenza vaccines
School-based health centers can fill gaps
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Topics: infusion procedures , medical home , mental health , nurse practitioner , health care safety
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