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Volume 31, Issue 8
August 2010
AAP News Cover Image for Volume 31, Issue 8
ISSN 1073-0397
EISSN 1556-3332

News and Features

Head-to-head combat
Report on head lice clarifies latest diagnosis, treatment protocols; calls for more physician involvement
Sheryl Cash
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Topics: head lice , lice , lice infestation
Members can find plenty of ways to get involved in AAP leadership
AAP Department of Community and Specialty Pediatrics
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Topics: maintenance of certification , knowledge acquisition , specialties, surgical , advocacy
CPSC chair: Children's interests at forefront of agency’s work
Inez Tenenbaum
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Topics: cribs , employee , jewelry , mental recall , toys
Low immunization rates in parts of U.S. could pave way for polio outbreak
Michael Brady, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: disease outbreaks , immunization , poliomyelitis
AAP forming advisory group to help develop ICD-11
AAP Committee on Coding and Nomenclature
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Topics: transluminal attenuation gradient , world health organization
This month in Pediatrics
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Topics: child abuse , cochlear implants , communicable diseases , head and neck surgery , head lice
Guidance aims to protect children with cochlear implants from infection, complications
Alyson Sulaski Wyckoff
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Topics: cochlear implants , meningitis
Grants support community projects aimed at vulnerable children
AAP Division of Community-based Initiatives
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Topics: child at risk , community , partnerships
Clinical report reveals how eye exam can provide clues to child abuse
Trisha Korioth
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Topics: child abuse , ophthalmic examination and evaluation , eye
Final rule on meaningful use published
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Topics: communication and information technology , electronic medical records , health information technology , information sciences , maintenance of certification
AMA meeting
AAP delegates gain support for child health issues
O. Marion Burton, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: child health , education, medical , public health medicine , statutes and laws , education, medical, continuing

Health Briefs

Influenza vaccine skin test not needed for egg-allergic patients
Carla Kemp
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Topics: hypersensitivity skin testing , influenza vaccines , vaccines
Low vitamin D in asthmatic youths associated with steroid use
Carla Kemp
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Topics: adolescent , asthma , steroids , vitamin d
Earlier bedtimes may protect teens against depression
Carla Kemp
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Topics: bedtime , depressive disorders

Washington Report

AAP president testifies on funding for public health programs for youths
Erin Wallace
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Topics: adolescent , public health medicine
U.S. Supreme Court overturns Chicago gun ban
Erin Wallace
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Topics: adolescent health services , binding (molecular function) , centers for disease control and prevention (u.s.) , death , firearms
FDA tobacco rule takes effect
Erin Wallace
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Topics: tobacco , united states food and drug administration
White House releases Patient’s Bill of Rights
Erin Wallace
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Topics: health care reform , insurance carriers , medical insurance coverage , statutes and laws
HHS launches consumer Web site on health reform
Erin Wallace
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Topics: health care reform , united states dept. of health and human services

President-elect Candidates

Position statements
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Topics: advocacy , brain , child development , child health , vaccines

Letter from the President

Every pediatrician has role in Let’s Move! campaign
Judith S. Palfrey, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: obesity

Voters' Guide

Voters’ Guide errata
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Topics: bright futures , congenital abnormality , electronic medical records , empowerment , feedback

Research Update

Psychiatrists, developmental pediatricians top list of subspecialists in short supply
AAP Department of Research
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Topics: psychiatrists

Commentary

Economic barriers to immunization must be removed
Herschel R. Lessin, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: economics , immunization , vaccines

Focus on Subspecialties

Neurotoxicity of general anesthesia warrants further research
Mary Ellen McCann, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP; Constance S. Houck, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: anesthesia, general , neurotoxicity syndromes , anesthetics , epidemiologic studies
Hone your skills in managing overuse injuries in young athletes
Chris Koutures, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: athlete , cumulative trauma disorders , sports , lameness
Storage, use of newborn screening samples raise complex issues
Carol L. Greene, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: neonatal screening

Chapter Views and News

State elections offer opportunity to shape child health policy
from the AAP Division of State Government Affairs
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Topics: child health policy , health care reform , maintenance of certification , voice

Pediatricians and the Law

Health care fraud, waste and abuse: Document to avoid it
Priscilla Alfaro, M.D., FAAP; Jose L. Gonzalez, M.D., J.D., M.S.Ed., FAAP
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Topics: fraud , health care fraud , medicaid , medically necessary care , mountain sickness, chronic

ID Snapshot

What’s the Tx for early localized Lyme disease?
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Topics: lyme disease

MMWR in Review

Racial/ethnic disparities in breastfeeding
Larry K. Pickering, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: breast feeding , racial disparities , public health medicine
Surveillance for human West Nile virus
Larry K. Pickering, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: surveillance, medical , west nile virus , aves , public health medicine

Coding Corner

Coding Corner - August 2010
AAP Division of Health Care Finance and Quality Improvement
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Topics: medical coding , modifiers , ear

Health IT Trends

Physicians should consider how emerging quality standards will impact their EHR
Paul Fu, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., FAAP
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Topics: electronic medical records , quality indicators , data interoperability , datasets , health information technology

FDA Update

Pediatricians respond to FDA call for input
Joshua Sharfstein, M.D., FAAP
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Topics: united states food and drug administration

AAP Abroad

Helping Babies Breathe
New global program to boost newborn survival rates
Trisha Korioth
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Topics: awards and prizes , child health , developing countries , newborn resuscitation , survival rate

For Your Information

AAP News: A winner
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Topics: awards and prizes
Dermatology CME
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Topics: dermatology , education, medical, continuing , skin disorders
Awards for AAP publications, Web site
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Topics: awards and prizes
AAP Bookstore
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Topics: adolescent health services , athletic injuries , child care , communicable diseases , libraries
Jump-start your job search
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Topics: job search
Tool helps evaluate kids’ symptoms
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Topics: emergency service, hospital , home care services
Choose your Red Book format
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Topics: communicable diseases , maintenance of certification
Increase awareness of immunizations
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Topics: immunization , vaccines
Coding Webinars
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Topics: medical coding
Prepare your practice for disasters
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Topics: disasters

For Your Benefit

AAP affinity programs offer savings on insurance products
AAP Department of Membership
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Topics: affinity , insurance

CME

Go ‘back to school’ this September with two CME courses
Rose Pastore
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Topics: education, medical, continuing

Health Alerts

Drop-side cribs danger to babies
Rose Pastore
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Topics: cribs
Various blinds
Rose Pastore
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Topics: medical devices , strangulation , mental recall , consumer product safety
Roll-up blinds
Rose Pastore
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Topics: consumer product safety , ginger , gold , mosses , ontario
Children’s belts
Rose Pastore
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Topics: consumer product safety , heart , ingestion
Bracelets and rings
Rose Pastore
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Topics: butterflies , cadmium , consumer product safety , dentists , football
Mouthwash
Rose Pastore
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Topics: mouthwash
Baby walkers
Rose Pastore
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Topics: infant walkers , walkers
Infant carriers
Rose Pastore
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Topics: canada , color , consumer product safety , indigofera , interior design and furnishings
Bead toys
Rose Pastore
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Topics: toys
Tiaras
Rose Pastore
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Topics: consumer product safety , crystal structure , ingestion , silver , textiles
Purses and jewelry
Rose Pastore
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Topics: jewelry
Medicated oil
Rose Pastore
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Topics: abdominal pain , acute abdominal pain , camphor , common cold , cough

Fellows in the News

Fellows in the News - August 2010
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Topics: awards and prizes , child health , professors , schools, medical , childhood obesity

In Memoriam

National and state AAP leader, Dr. Tayloe Sr., was medical home advocate
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Topics: medical home
Dr. Oliver was pediatric nephrology pioneer
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Topics: nephrology
In Memoriam - August 2010
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Topics: ovarian cancer , traffic accidents

Seen & Heard

Seen & Heard - August 2010
AAP Department of Communications
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Topics: asthma management , breast feeding , diagnostic errors , female homosexuality , hiv

Parent Plus

Hatch a commonsense approach to removal, treatment of head lice
Sheryl Cash
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Topics: head lice , lice infestation
Smokeless tobacco products a potential poison for children
Trisha Korioth
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Topics: poisons , smokeless tobacco , nicotine , tobacco
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