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Volume 33, Issue 10
October 2012
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ISSN 1073-0397
EISSN 1556-3332

News and Features

Outbreaks reveal limited effectiveness of pertussis vaccines
Jeffrey S. Duchin, M.D.; Michael T. Brady, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Outbreaks reveal limited effectiveness of pertussis vaccines
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Topics: disease outbreaks , pertussis , pertussis vaccine , vaccines , tdap vaccine
Trampoline injury rates sky high: AAP discourages use at home, recommends safety measures for training settings
Jennifer Haderspeck
View articletitled, Trampoline injury rates sky high<span class="subtitle-colon">: </span><span class="subtitle">AAP discourages use at home, recommends safety measures for training settings</span>
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Topics: trampolines , patient safety indicators
As face of adoption changes, pediatricians can play increasingly supportive role
Deborah Johnson
View articletitled, As face of adoption changes, pediatricians can play increasingly supportive role
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Topics: adoption , foster care , adopted child
Avoid sildenafil for pulmonary arterial hypertension in children
View articletitled, Avoid sildenafil for pulmonary arterial hypertension in children
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Topics: pulmonary arterial hypertension , sildenafil
Cysticercosis among parasitic infections targeted by CDC
Leonard R. Krilov, M.D., FAAP; Paul T. Cantey, M.D., M.P.H.; Amanda P. Burke, M.P.H., C.P.H.
View articletitled, Cysticercosis among parasitic infections targeted by CDC
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Topics: cysticercosis , parasitic diseases , neurocysticercosis , taeniasis
Preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
View articletitled, Preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
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Topics: fetal alcohol syndrome
Dueling demands
Pediatricians who oversee Medicaid departments strive to balance budgets, medical needs
Kristy Kennedy
View articletitled, <em>Dueling demands</em><br /> Pediatricians who oversee Medicaid departments strive to balance budgets, medical needs
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Topics: budgets , medicaid
AAP serves coding, valuation needs of subspecialty members
AAP Committee on Coding and Nomenclature
View articletitled, AAP serves coding, valuation needs of subspecialty members
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Topics: medical coding
Two-dimensional barcodes coming to more vaccines
AAP Department of Practice
View articletitled, Two-dimensional barcodes coming to more vaccines
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Topics: vaccines

AAP Policy

This month in Pediatrics
View articletitled, This month in <em>Pediatrics</em>
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Topics: adoption , communicable diseases , congenital heart disease , fetus , foster care

Health Briefs

Dietary supplements don’t always fill nutritional gaps
Carla Kemp
View articletitled, Dietary supplements don’t always fill nutritional gaps
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Topics: dietary supplements , vitamins
Single-leg casts safe, effective for treating fractures in young kids
Carla Kemp
View articletitled, Single-leg casts safe, effective for treating fractures in young kids
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Topics: casts, surgical , fractures , leg
Combination therapy tops monotherapy for treatment of type 2 diabetes
Carla Kemp
View articletitled, Combination therapy tops monotherapy for treatment of type 2 diabetes
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Topics: combined modality therapy , diabetes mellitus, type 2 , metformin

Washington Report

Every adult was once a child: a life course approach to federal advocacy
Jamie Poslosky
View articletitled, Every adult was once a child: a life course approach to federal advocacy
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Topics: advocacy , child abuse , neglect
Last chance to get out the vote
Jamie Poslosky
View articletitled, Last chance to get out the vote
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Topics: barack obama , child care , child health , community , employee

Letter from the President

Term in review: Grateful for opportunity to serve as AAP president
Robert W. Block, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Term in review: Grateful for opportunity to serve as AAP president
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Topics: advocacy , allostatic load , brain , child development , child health

Letters to the Editor

Azithromycin use in children with long QT
View articletitled, Azithromycin use in children with long QT
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Topics: azithromycin , prolonged qt interval , trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole combination

Pediatricians and the Law

Inappropriate storage of VFC vaccines a call to follow best practices
Jeffrey L. Brown, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Inappropriate storage of VFC vaccines a call to follow best practices
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Topics: vaccines

Focus on Subspecialties

Web tool helps tailor follow-up care of childhood cancer survivors
Marc E. Horowitz, M.D.; Michael Fordis, M.D.; David G. Poplack, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Web tool helps tailor follow-up care of childhood cancer survivors
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Topics: childhood cancer , survivors
Limp with knee or thigh pain? Consider slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Brian Shaw, M.D., FAAP; Richard Schwend, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Limp with knee or thigh pain? Consider slipped capital femoral epiphysis
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Topics: epiphyses, slipped , knee joint , knee region , lameness , thigh pain
Dispatching neonatal transport team before birth may improve outcomes
Webra Price-Douglas, Ph.D., CRNP; Caraciolo Fernandes, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Dispatching neonatal transport team before birth may improve outcomes
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Topics: emergency medical dispatch , neonatal transport

MMWR in Review

Don’t use oral cephalosporins as first-line treatment for gonorrhea
Larry K. Pickering, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Don’t use oral cephalosporins as first-line treatment for gonorrhea
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Topics: cephalosporins , gonococcal infection , cefixime
Exposure to rodents used as pet food linked to Salmonella
Larry K. Pickering, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, Exposure to rodents used as pet food linked to <em>Salmonella</em>
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Topics: food , rodentia , salmonella

ID Snapshot

What’s the Dx? Teen in African refugee camp with fever, foot lesion
H. Cody Meissner, M.D., FAAP
View articletitled, What’s the Dx? Teen in African refugee camp with fever, foot lesion
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Topics: dracunculiasis , fever , foot , helminths , pain

Chapter Views and News

Chapters take different tacks in recruiting, retaining members
AAP Department of Community, Chapter and State Affairs
View articletitled, Chapters take different tacks in recruiting, retaining members
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Topics: alabama , internship and residency , maine , medical residencies , tennessee

Coding Corner

No changes made to ICD-9-CM codes; ICD-10-CM release date set
AAP Division of Health Care Finance and Quality Improvement
View articletitled, No changes made to ICD-9-CM codes; ICD-10-CM release date set
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Topics: international classification of diseases , mountain sickness, chronic , myasthenic syndromes, congenital , health care financing administration

Research Update

Balancing act: Survey explores pediatric residents’ stress
AAP Department of Research
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Topics: internship and residency , medical residencies

FDA Update

FDA regulates office-based diagnostic tests
Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Pediatric Therapeutics; Pediatric & Maternal Health Staff; Center for Devices and Radiological Health Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety
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Topics: united states food and drug administration

2012 AAP AWARD WINNERS

AAP Education Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Abraham Jacobi Memorial Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Adele Dellenbaugh Hofmann Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , adolescent health services
Andrew M. Margileth Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Arnold J. Capute Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Arnold M. Salzberg Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award
View articletitled, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , gold , humanism
Award for Lifetime Contribution in Infectious Diseases Education
View articletitled, Award for Lifetime Contribution in Infectious Diseases Education
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Topics: awards and prizes , communicable diseases
Award for Outstanding Service to Maltreated Children (2011)
View articletitled, Award for Outstanding Service to Maltreated Children (2011)
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Topics: awards and prizes
Bret Ratner Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Research Award
View articletitled, Bret Ratner Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Research Award
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Topics: allergy and immunology , awards and prizes
Byron Oberst Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
C. Anderson Aldrich Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , wiskott-aldrich syndrome
Calvin (C.J.) Sia Community Pediatrics Medical Home Leadership & Advocacy Award
View articletitled, Calvin (C.J.) Sia Community Pediatrics Medical Home Leadership &amp; Advocacy Award
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Topics: advocacy , awards and prizes , community pediatric service , medical home
Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Research Fellowship Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , cardiac surgery procedures , cardiology
Charles “Buzzy” Vanchiere Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Child Advocacy Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , child advocacy
Child Health Advocate Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , child health
Clifford G. Grulee Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Dale Richmond/Justin Coleman Lectureship Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Dave Berry Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
David W. Smith Award for Excellence in Genetics and Birth Defects Education
View articletitled, David W. Smith Award for Excellence in Genetics and Birth Defects Education
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Topics: awards and prizes , congenital abnormality , genetics
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
E.H. Christopherson Lectureship in International Child Health
View articletitled, E.H. Christopherson Lectureship in International Child Health
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Topics: child health
Fellow Achievement Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , poison prevention
Founder’s Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , cardiac surgery procedures
Founders of Adolescent Health Award
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Topics: adolescent health services , awards and prizes
Henry L. Barnett Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Howard H. Johnson Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
James T. Cassidy Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Jim Seidel Distinguished Service Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Job Lewis Smith Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Ken Graff Young Investigator Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
L. Joseph Butterfield Lectureship
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Topics: hospitals, pediatric , laboratory , lung , neonatology , newborn
Leo J. Geppert Case Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Leo J. Geppert Research Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Local Heroes Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Martha Bushore-Fallis APLS Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Martin C. Ushkow Community Service Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , community service
Milton J.E. Senn Lectureship Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Murray Davidson Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , science of nutrition
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
Ogden C. Bruton Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Ogden Bruton Lectureship
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Topics: neurosurgical procedures , primary care physicians
Oral Health Service Award
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Topics: awards and prizes , oral health
Outstanding Achievement Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Outstanding Service Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Ray E. Helfer, M.D., Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Robert M. Smith Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Stephen L. Gans Distinguished Overseas Lectureship
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Topics: bile ducts , clinical research , fetus , liver , new zealand
Steve Miller Award for Excellence in Education & Mentorship
View articletitled, Steve Miller Award for Excellence in Education &amp; Mentorship
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Topics: awards and prizes , mentorships
Susan S. Aronson Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Thomas E. Cone Jr., M.D., Lecture on Perinatal History
View articletitled, Thomas E. Cone Jr., M.D., Lecture on Perinatal History
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Topics: perinatal period , retinal cone
Thomas E. Shaffer Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Urology Medal
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Topics: urology
Val G. Hemming Award
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Topics: awards and prizes
Virginia Apgar Award
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Topics: apgar score , awards and prizes
William E. Ladd Medal
View articletitled, William E. Ladd Medal
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Topics: lacrimoauriculodentodigital syndrome
William G. Bartholome Award for Ethical Excellence
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Topics: awards and prizes , ethics

AAP Abroad

International program aims to boost survival among children, mothers
Trisha Korioth
View articletitled, International program aims to boost survival among children, mothers
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Topics: child health , malawi , mozambique , tanzania , newborn resuscitation

Commentary

First-hand experience highlights dangers of small magnets
Sherif Emil, M.D., CM, FRCSC, FACS, FAAP
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Topics: magnets

For Your Information

AAP named adoption-friendly workplace
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Topics: adoption , workplace
Marfan resources for early diagnosis
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Topics: marfan syndrome
Improve newborn screening
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Topics: neonatal screening
Point of care ultrasound survey
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Topics: point-of-care ultrasonography
Coping with otitis media
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Topics: coping behavior , otitis media
HealthyChildren in Español
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Topics: feedback , parenting behavior
AAP Bookstore
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Topics: immunization, childhood , medical coding
Correctional health care conference
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Topics: correctional health
Metric measurement reduces medical error
View articletitled, Metric measurement reduces medical error
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Topics: medical errors
AAP endorses statement on infantile spasms
View articletitled, AAP endorses statement on infantile spasms
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Topics: infantile spasms
Children with heart defects at risk for developmental disorders
View articletitled, Children with heart defects at risk for developmental disorders
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Topics: developmental disabilities , heart

Health IT Trends

Second set of criteria to qualify for EHR incentives released
AAP Department of Practice
View articletitled, Second set of criteria to qualify for EHR incentives released
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Topics: electronic medical records , incentives , quality indicators

Tech Tip

App aids health professionals in emergency situations
AAP Department of Practice
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Topics: advanced cardiac life support , airway device , airway maintenance , broselow resuscitation tape , cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Health Alerts

Baby seats
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Topics: mental recall , color , leg , south africa , food
Baby bathers
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Topics: bone wires , cushions , fluorescent in situ hybridization , sling , surgical mesh
Night lights
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Topics: lights, manufactured
Pacifiers
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Topics: pacifiers
Snap bracelets
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Topics: anura , consumer product safety , dolphins , fishes , fluorescent in situ hybridization
Youth, adult bicycles
View articletitled, Youth, adult bicycles
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Topics: consumer product safety , equidae , equus caballus , food , herpestidae
Recreational tubes
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Topics: burns , consumer product safety , food , mental recall , product recall
Children’s scooters
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Topics: consumer product safety , food , mental recall , metals , microbiology procedures
Bunk beds
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Topics: beds
Cloth crib fringe
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Topics: cribs , textiles

Parent Plus

Jump on trampoline safety
Jennifer Haderspeck
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Topics: trampolines
Silent killer: Don’t let carbon monoxide sneak into your home
Hilary Rasch
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Topics: carbon monoxide
Help your child beat airborne allergies this season
Hilary Rasch
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Topics: hypersensitivity

Did You Know?

Did You Know? - October 2012
View articletitled, Did You Know? - October 2012
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Topics: breast feeding , employee , immunization , medical liability , random sample

Seen & Heard

Seen & Heard - October 2012
AAP Department of Communications
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Topics: breast feeding , cell phones , child health , internet , knowledge acquisition

Fellows in the News

2015 Red Book associate editors appointed
View articletitled, 2015 <em>Red Book</em> associate editors appointed
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Topics: communicable diseases , pediatric infectious diseases , professors
Dr. Varma honored in India, Texas
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Topics: india
Fellows in the News - October 2012
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Topics: hospitals, pediatric , physician executives , professors

In Memoriam

In Memoriam - October 2012
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Topics: leukemia, myelocytic, acute , multiple myeloma , thrombus , tucson, arizona

CME

Developmental, behavioral health topics featured in Phoenix
View articletitled, Developmental, behavioral health topics featured in Phoenix
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Topics: behavioral medicine , canada , pamphlets , education, medical, continuing
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