Topics: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , classroom , methylphenidate , adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , plasma drug concentration

A Comparison of Buffered Lidocaine Versus ELA-Max Before Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Insertions in Children

Janet Luhmann, MD; Sarah Hurt, CCLS; Mario Shootman, PhD; Robert Kennedy, MD

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Topics: buffers , intravenous access , lidocaine , pain , peripheral intravenous catheters

Missed Insulin Meal Boluses and Elevated Hemoglobin A_1c Levels in Children Receiving Insulin Pump Therapy

Jonathan Burdick, BS; H. Peter Chase, MD; Robert H. Slover, MD; Kerry Knievel, MS; Laura Scrimgeour ...

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Topics: hemoglobin a, glycosylated , insulin , insulin infusion systems , subcutaneous insulin delivery , hemoglobin a

Determinants of Physical Fitness in Children With Asthma

Paul T. Pianosi, MD; Heather S. Davis, BSc, BRec

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Topics: asthma , asthma, childhood , obesity , physical activity , body mass index procedure

Behind Schedule: Improving Access to Care for Children One Practice at a Time

Greg D. Randolph, MD, MPH; Mark Murray, MD, MPA; Jill A. Swanson, MD; Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD

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Topics: appointments and schedules , health services accessibility

Otitis Media and Speech and Language: A Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies

Joanne E. Roberts, PhD; Richard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH; Susan A. Zeisel, EdD

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Topics: hearing loss , languages , otitis media with effusion , speech , otitis media

Correlates of Use of Specialty Care

Karen Kuhlthau, PhD; Rebecca M. Nyman, MPH; Timothy G. Ferris, MD; Anne C. Beal, MD; James M. Perrin, MD

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Topics: chronic disease , disability , insurance , medicaid , national health interview survey

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Situs Inversus Totalis

Coranne D. Tesselaar, MD; Roelf R. Postema, MD; Marieke F. van Dooren, MD; Karel Allegaert, MD; Dick Tibboel, MD, PhD

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Topics: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , hernia, congenital diaphragmatic , situs inversus , diaphragmatic hernia

Fiber (Glucomannan) Is Beneficial in the Treatment of Childhood Constipation

Vera Loening-Baucke, MD; Erasmo Miele, MD; Annamaria Staiano, MD

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Topics: constipation , encopresis , glucomannan , abdominal pain , laxative

Pseudotumor Cerebri in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Series

Michael Henry, MD; M. Catherine Driscoll, MD; Marijean Miller, MD; Taeun Chang, MD; Caterina P. Minniti, MD

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Topics: acetazolamide , headache , magnetic resonance imaging , papilledema , pseudotumor cerebri

Comparison of Linear Growth Patterns in the First Three Years of Life Across Two Generations in Guatemala

Aryeh D. Stein, MPH, PhD; Huiman X. Barnhart, PhD; Meng Wang, MD; Moshe B. Hoshen, PhD; Karen Ologoudou, BS ...

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Topics: guatemala , science of nutrition , nutritional support

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The General Pediatrician: Projecting Future Workforce Supply and Requirements

Scott A. Shipman, MD, MPH; Jon D. Lurie, MD, MS; David C. Goodman, MD, MS

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Topics: education, medical, graduate , internship and residency , workforce , sensitivity analysis , gender

Decrease of Invasive Pneumococcal Infections in Children Among 8 Children’s Hospitals in the United States After the Introduction of the 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

Sheldon L. Kaplan, MD; Edward O Mason, Jr, PhD; Ellen R. Wald, MD; Gordon E. Schutze, MD; John S. Bradley, MD ...

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Topics: invasive pneumococcal disease , pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate vaccine , serogroup , serotype , streptococcus pneumoniae

The Effect of Point-of-Care Personal Digital Assistant Use on Resident Documentation Discrepancies

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS; Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, MD; Eamon O’Reilly; Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH

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Topics: internship and residency , medical residencies , personal digital assistant , progress note , neonatal intensive care units

Chickenpox Outbreak in a Highly Vaccinated School Population

Barna D. Tugwell, MD; Lore E. Lee, MPH; Hilary Gillette, RN, MPH; Eileen M. Lorber, MD; Katrina Hedberg, MD, MPH ...

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Topics: chickenpox , disease outbreaks , vaccination , vaccines , chickenpox vaccine

Will Mothers Discuss Parenting Stress and Depressive Symptoms With Their Child’s Pediatrician?

Amy M. Heneghan, MD; MaryBeth Mercer, MPH; Nancy L. DeLeone, MA

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Topics: depressive disorders , mental health , parenting behavior , self efficacy , perception

Perinatal Predictors of Atopic Dermatitis Occurring in the First Six Months of Life

Megan M. Moore, MD; Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, MPH; Janet W. Rich-Edwards, ScD; Ken P. Kleinman, ScD; Carlos A. Camargo, Jr, MD, DrPH ...

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Topics: atopic dermatitis , eczema , birth weight , atopy , gestational age

Overweight, Ethnicity, and the Prevalence of Hypertension in School-Aged Children

Jonathan M. Sorof, MD; Dejian Lai, PhD; Jennifer Turner, BA; Tim Poffenbarger; Ronald J. Portman, MD

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Topics: hypertension , overweight , body mass index procedure , ethnic group

The Effects of Access to Pediatric Care and Insurance Coverage on Emergency Department Utilization

William G. Johnson, PhD; Mary E. Rimsza, MD

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Topics: emergency service, hospital , insurance coverage , ethnic group , emergency treatment , arizona

Developmental and Behavioral Status of Infants and Young Children Awaiting Heart or Heart-Lung Transplantation

Jo Wray, PhD; Rosemary Radley-Smith, FRCP

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Topics: cardiac surgery procedures , heart , heart-lung transplantation , transplantation , weight measurement scales

Variations in Asthma Care by Race/Ethnicity Among Children Enrolled in a State Medicaid Program

Alexandra E. Shields, PhD; Catherine Comstock, MPH; Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH

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Topics: asthma , asthma management , medicaid , agonists

Evaluation of Neonatal Intensive Care for Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants in Victoria Over Two Decades: I. Effectiveness

Lex W. Doyle, MD, FRACP; the Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group

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Topics: birth weight , disability , extremely low birth weight infant , neonatal intensive care , survivors

Evaluation of Neonatal Intensive Care for Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants in Victoria Over Two Decades: II. Efficiency

Lex W. Doyle, MD, FRACP; the Victorian Infant Collaborative Study Group

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Topics: birth weight , cost effectiveness , enhanced recovery after surgery , extremely low birth weight infant , neonatal intensive care

Neurodevelopment in Children Born Small for Gestational Age: A Randomized Trial of Nutrient-Enriched Versus Standard Formula and Comparison With a Reference Breastfed Group

Ruth Morley, FRCPCH; Mary S. Fewtrell, FRCPCH; Rebecca A. Abbott, PhD; Terence Stephenson, FRCPCH; Una MacFadyen, FRCPCH ...

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Topics: breast feeding , infant, small for gestational age , nutrients , nervous system development , birth weight

Patterns of Injury in Children: A Population-Based Approach

Donald William Spady, MD; Duncan Leslie Saunders, MBBS, PhD; Donald Peter Schopflocher, PhD; Lawrence Walter Svenson, BSc

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Topics: alberta , burns , contusions , dislocations , foreign bodies

Predictors of Future Fight-Related Injury Among Adolescents

Iris Wagman Borowsky, MD, PhD; Marjorie Ireland, PhD

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Topics: add health study , adolescent , depressive disorders , drug abuse , violence

Both Relative Insulin Resistance and Defective Islet β-Cell Processing of Proinsulin Are Responsible for Transient Hyperglycemia in Extremely Preterm Infants

Delphine Mitanchez-Mokhtari, MD, PhD; Najiba Lahlou, MD; François Kieffer, MD; Jean-François Magny, MD; Marc Roger, MD ...

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Topics: hyperglycemia , hyperglycemic agents , infant, premature , insulin , insulin resistance

Back to Sleep: An Educational Intervention With Women, Infants, and Children Program Clients

Rachel Y. Moon, MD; Rosalind P. Oden; Katherine C. Grady, BA

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Topics: attitude , clients , educational intervention , positions on back for sleep , sleep

Utility of Follow-up Renal Sonography in Children With Vesicoureteral Reflux and Normal Initial Sonogram

Lisa H. Lowe, MD; Manish N. Patel, DO; John M. Gatti, MD; Uri S. Alon, MD

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Topics: kidney , ultrasonography , vesico-ureteral reflux , urinary tract infections , gastroesophageal reflux disease

Detection of Postpartum Depressive Symptoms by Screening at Well-Child Visits

Linda H. Chaudron, MD, MS; Peter G. Szilagyi, MD, MPH; Harriet J. Kitzman, PhD, RN; Holly I.M. Wadkins, BA; Yeates Conwell, MD

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Topics: depressive disorders , edinburgh postnatal depression scale , postpartum depression , postpartum period , well child visit

A Randomized Trial of Early Versus Standard Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy in Term and Near-Term Newborn Infants With Hypoxic Respiratory Failure

G. Ganesh Konduri, MD; Alfonso Solimano, MD; Gregory M. Sokol, MD; Joel Singer, PhD; Richard A. Ehrenkranz, MD ...

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Topics: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , hypoxia , oxygenation index measurement , respiratory insufficiency , nitric oxide therapy

Behavioral Differences Among Subjects With Prader-Willi Syndrome and Type I or Type II Deletion and Maternal Disomy

Merlin G. Butler, MD, PhD; Douglas C. Bittel, PhD; Nataliya Kibiryeva, MD; Zohreh Talebizadeh, PhD; Travis Thompson, PhD

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Topics: prader-willi syndrome , dna , yale-brown obsessive-compulsive scale , compulsive behavior , genetics

Predictors of Urban Fathers’ Involvement in Their Child’s Health Care

Trevena Moore, MD, MPH; Milton Kotelchuck, PhD, MPH

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Topics: father , well child visit , health insurance

Teen Home Pregnancy Test Takers: More Worried or More Wishful?

Lisa Kelly, PA; Jeanelle Sheeder, BA; Catherine Stevens-Simon, MD

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Topics: contraceptive agents , contraceptive methods , pregnancy in adolescence , pregnancy test, home , pregnancy tests

Incidence of Outpatient Visits and Hospitalizations Related to Influenza in Infants and Young Children

Megan A. O’Brien, MPH; Timothy M. Uyeki, MD, MPH, MPP; David K. Shay, MD, MPH; William W. Thompson, PhD; Ken Kleinman, ScD ...

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Topics: influenza , outpatients

Review Articles

Health Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in a Population-Based Sample of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduates

Anne F. Klassen, DPhil; Shoo K. Lee, PhD, MBBS, FAAP, FRCPC; Parminder Raina, PhD; Herbert W.P. Chan, MSc; Derek Matthew, MRCS (Eng), SM.(Harv), FRCPC ...

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Topics: health-related quality of life , neonatal intensive care units , primary cutaneous b-cell lymphoma , health status , gestational age

Special Articles

In the Footsteps of Abraham Jacobi, an Early International Medical Graduate: Contributions of a Single South African Medical School to US Pediatrics

Gerald S. Gilchrist, MB BCh, FAAP

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Topics: foreign medical graduates , professors , schools, medical , hospitals, pediatric

Commentaries

The Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease

Stephen I. Pelton, MD

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Topics: invasive pneumococcal disease , vaccines , pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate vaccine

American Academy of Pediatrics

Protective Eyewear for Young Athletes

Committee on Sports Medicine and Fitness

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Topics: athlete , eye injuries , eye protection , sports , eye

Letters to the Editor

Pediatric Hospitalists

Joseph J. Wells, MD, FAAP

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Topics: hospitalists

Effects of Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy on Newborn Neurobehavior: Neonatal Nicotine Withdrawal Syndrome

Óscar García-Algar, MD; Carme Puig, MD; Oriol Vall, MD; Roberta Pacifici, PhD; Simona Pichini, PhD

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Topics: cotinine , newborn , nicotine withdrawal , smoking in pregnancy , smoking

Advising PL-1s

Larrie Greenberg, MD

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Topics: internship and residency , college students , counseling , students, medical , career development

Umbilical Cord Care

Laura Weathers, MD; Jennifer Takagishi, MD; Lisa Rodriguez, MD

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Topics: desiccation , umbilical cord

The Truth About the Ross Mothers Survey

Alan S. Ryan, PhD

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Topics: breast feeding , infant feeding methods , trend , laboratory , surveillance, medical

Effect of an Imaging Protocol on Clinical Outcomes Among Pediatric Patients With Appendicitis

Hugo A. Heij, MD, PhD; Martin Offringa, MD, PhD

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Topics: appendicitis , treatment outcome

Importance of Bilirubin Effect Questioned

William Meadow, MD, PhD

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Topics: bilirubin , cerebral intraventricular hemorrhage , leukomalacia, periventricular

Culturing Practices and Antibiotic Use in Children With Diarrhea

Mark E. Beatty, MD, MPH, FAAP; Patricia M. Griffin, MD; Assefa N. Tulu, MD, MSc, PhD, DLSHTM; Sonja J. Olsen, PhD

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Topics: diarrhea

Is Home Schooling a Risk for Missing Amblyopia?

Doniel Drazin, MA; Augustin Guevarra, MD; Eileen Schuler, CO; Mark Silverberg, MD

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Topics: amblyopia , educational status

Immunoprophylaxis With RespiGam

H. Cody Meissner, MD; Margaret B. Rennels, MD; Sarah S. Long, MD; Larry K. Pickering, MD

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Topics: respiratory syncytial virus immune globulin intravenous

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