Volume 36 Issue 9 | AAP News | American Academy of Pediatrics

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News and Features

Plans for new pediatric home underway

Anne Hegland

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Topics: advisory committees , child health , foot , fund raising , happiness

Infants at risk of food allergy might benefit from early introduction of peanut

Scott H. Sicherer, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: food allergy , peanuts , peanut hypersensitivity , hypersensitivity

AAP has long history of supporting children of gay, lesbian parents

Lynn Hunt, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: female homosexuality , homosexuality , marriage, life event

President-elect candidates

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Topics: accountable care organizations , advisory committees , ambulatory care services , budgets , climate

Court ruling another blow to physician counseling on gun safety

AAP Department of Community, Chapter and State Affairs

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Topics: counseling , firearms , florida , gun safety , statutes and laws

AAP heartened by ruling to release immigrant children from detention centers

Melissa Jenco

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Topics: immigrants

AAP report encourages skin-to-skin care for NICU babies

Melissa Jenco

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Topics: neonatal intensive care units , skin

AAP report: Screen every adolescent for alcohol use

Melissa Jenco

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Topics: alcohol drinking , binge drinking , ethanol

Individualized counseling key in decision to resuscitate, provide intensive care to infants born before 25 weeks

James John Cummings, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: counseling , intensive care , resuscitation

Periodicity Schedule: oral health updates

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Topics: oral health , periodicity

AAP preparing members to respond to changing health care environment

James M. Perrin, M.D., FAAP; Anthony D. Johnson, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: advisory committees , medicaid , technology , telehealth , telemedicine

HPV vaccination rates remain low despite small increases

Melissa Jenco

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Topics: human papilloma virus vaccine , vaccines

Academy calls for continued autism screening, despite USPSTF recommendation

Melissa Jenco

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Topics: autistic disorder , united states preventive services task force

AAP Policy

This month in Pediatrics

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Topics: ambulatory care services , apgar score , binge drinking , congenital abnormality , developmental hip dysplasia

Health Briefs

‘Crib of Horrors’ helps promote patient safety

Carla Kemp

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Topics: patient safety , cribs

Soft cardiac murmurs rarely signal structural heart defect

Carla Kemp

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Topics: congenital heart defects , heart murmur , structural disorder of heart

Information on crisis pregnancy center websites often unreliable

Carla Kemp

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Topics: internet

Washington Report

As Congress returns, AAP works to advance children’s health

Devin Miller

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Topics: child health , child nutrition , epinephrine autoinjectors , nicotine poisoning , statutes and laws

Speaking up for children in disasters

Devin Miller

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Topics: disasters

Letter from the President

You never know what you’ll find when you open the door to a relationship with your patients

Sandra G. Hassink, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: advocacy , childhood obesity , community , depressed mood , depressive disorders

Pediatricians and the Law

State laws vary on when Good Samaritan protections apply to physicians

William M. McDonnell, M.D., J.D., FAAP

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Topics: principles of law and justice , state law , statutes and laws

Focus on Subspecialties

Ensure splints applied correctly to optimize outcomes, avoid complications

Joshua M. Abzug, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: splint device , application of splint

Coding, payment options for pediatric to adult care transition services

Margaret McManus, M.H.S; Renee M. Turchi, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP

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Topics: medical coding , transition of care

Behavior therapy effective alternative to medication for treatment of tics

Jonathan W. Mink, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP

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Topics: tic disorder , tourette syndrome , behavioral tic , behavior therapy

Educate parents on benefits of smoking cessation before child’s surgery

Sarena N. Teng, M.D., FAAP; Rita Agarwal, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: passive smoking , smoking cessation , teaching , smoking , tobacco

Asthma attacks caused by common colds continue to vex medical community

Miles M. Weinberger, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: asthma , common cold

ID Snapshot

Influenza A virus: not just for the birds

H. Cody Meissner, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: aves , avian influenza , influenza a virus , orthomyxoviridae

Did You Know?

First AAP President Dr. Abt a pioneer in pediatrics

Alyson Sulaski Wyckoff

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Topics: autobiography , breast pumps , death , diarrhea , diphtheria

Chapter Views and News

Chapter efforts successful in boosting adolescent immunization rates

AAP Department of Community, Chapter and State Affairs

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Topics: human papilloma virus vaccine , immunization , vaccines

Coding Corner

ICD-10-CM: back to the basics

AAP Division of Health Care Finance

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Topics: personality character , medical coding

FDA Update

Agencies work to increase availability of pediatric-friendly drug formulations

Food and Drug Administration Office of Pediatric Therapeutics; Division of Product Quality Research; Division of Pediatric and Maternal Health

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Topics: drug formulation process , united states food and drug administration , united states national institutes of health

AAP Abroad

First workshop held on small baby essential care

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Topics: infant, small for gestational age

For Your Information

September observances

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Topics: car seats , centers for disease control and prevention (u.s.) , childhood obesity , fetal alcohol syndrome , injury prevention

National Preparedness Month

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Topics: disasters , emergency treatment , influenza , internet , adolescent

Chat with AAP customer service

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Topics: customer service

Red Book app

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Topics: libraries , mobile applications

Arthritis, rheumatic diseases online course

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Topics: arthritis , rheumatic disorders

Sepsis prevention information

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Topics: sepsis

Honor Roll of AAP donors

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Topics: donors

Webinars on breastfeeding

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Topics: breast feeding

Children’s Cardiomyopathy Awareness Month

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Topics: cardiomyopathy

Shop AAP

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Topics: anesthesiology , breast feeding , newborn , pain , sedation during medical procedure

AAP expanding youth/family engagement network

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Topics: family , foster parent , grandparent , hospice , legal guardians

For Your Benefit

Section works to increase impact of pediatric IMGs in U.S., abroad

AAP Department of Membership

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Topics: foreign medical graduates

Health IT Trends

Embrace change: Take the leap and set up a patient portal

Sogol Pahlavan, M.D., FAAP

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Topics: patient portals , workflow

Tech Tip

Use app to dose medications during pediatric emergencies

AAP Division of Quality

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Topics: pediatric emergency medicine

Health Alerts

Anchoring kits available for children’s, adult furniture

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Topics: anchoring , interior design and furnishings

Night lights

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Topics: lights, manufactured

Strollers

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Topics: alloys , aluminum , bites , choking , consumer product safety

Sweaters

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Topics: bangladesh , consumer product safety , food , mental recall , neck

Crib mattresses

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Topics: cribs

Cribs

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Topics: cribs

Baseball masks

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Topics: baseball , masks

Parent Plus

‘Kids do listen’ when parents tell them not to drink

Melissa Jenco

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Topics: ethanol , alcohol poisoning , cancer , cerebrovascular accident , heart diseases

Avoiding peanuts may not be necessary for some allergy-prone infants

Trisha Korioth

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Topics: hypersensitivity , peanuts

Fellows in the News

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Topics: awards and prizes , professors , public health medicine , schools, medical , louisiana

Seen & Heard

Seen and Heard

AAP Department of Public Affairs

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Topics: christianity , co-sleeping , diet , factitious disorder by proxy , obesity

In Memoriam

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Topics: breast cancer , cancer , heart failure , gardens , las vegas

CME

Phoenix welcomes pediatricians for practical learning with half-day sessions

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Topics: canada , dermatology , education, medical, continuing , pamphlets , wheezing

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