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Vitamin A Supplementation for Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: Outcome at 18 to 22 Months

Namasivayam Ambalavanan, MD; Jon E. Tyson, MD, MPH; Kathleen A. Kennedy, MD, MPH; Nellie I. Hansen, MPH; Betty R. Vohr, MD ...

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Topics: extremely low birth weight infant , vitamin a , bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Utility of Rapid B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Assay for Diagnosis of Symptomatic Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants

Byung Min Choi, MD; Kee Hyoung Lee, MD; Baik Lin Eun, MD; Kee Hwan Yoo, MD; Young Sook Hong, MD ...

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Topics: brain natriuretic peptide , brain natriuretic peptide measurement , echocardiography , infant, premature , patent ductus arteriosus

Septicemia in the First Week of Life in a Norwegian National Cohort of Extremely Premature Infants

Arild Rønnestad, MD; Tore G. Abrahamsen, MD, PhD; Sverre Medbø, MD, PhD; Hallvard Reigstad, MD; Kristin Lossius, MD, PhD ...

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Topics: infant, premature , prenatal care , septicemia , continuous positive airway pressure

Late-Onset Septicemia in a Norwegian National Cohort of Extremely Premature Infants Receiving Very Early Full Human Milk Feeding

Arild Rønnestad, MD; Tore G. Abrahamsen, MD, PhD; Sverre Medbø, MD, PhD; Hallvard Reigstad, MD; Kristin Lossius, MD, PhD ...

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Topics: infant, premature , milk, human , necrotizing enterocolitis , septicemia , norway

National Autism Prevalence Trends From United States Special Education Data

Craig J. Newschaffer, PhD; Matthew D. Falb, MHS; James G. Gurney, PhD

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Topics: autistic disorder , special education , trend , disability

International Collaborative Study of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection–Conceived, In Vitro Fertilization–Conceived, and Naturally Conceived 5-Year-Old Child Outcomes: Cognitive and Motor Assessments

I. Ponjaert-Kristoffersen, PhD; M. Bonduelle, MD, PhD; J. Barnes, PhD; J. Nekkebroeck, PhD; A. Loft, MD ...

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Topics: fertilization in vitro , sperm injections, intracytoplasmic , conception

Metabolic Syndrome in Childhood: Association With Birth Weight, Maternal Obesity, and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Charlotte M. Boney, MD; Anila Verma, MBBS, PhD; Richard Tucker, BS; Betty R. Vohr, MD

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Topics: birth weight , gestational diabetes , macrosomia , maternal obesity , metabolic syndrome x

The Use of Folk Remedies Among Children in an Urban Black Community: Remedies for Fever, Colic, and Teething

Lynn C. Smitherman, MD; James Janisse, PhD; Ambika Mathur, PhD

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Topics: acute abdominal pain , fever , folk medicine , teething , community

Effects of Seating Position and Appropriate Restraint Use on the Risk of Injury to Children in Motor Vehicle Crashes

Dennis R. Durbin, MD, MSCE; Irene Chen, PhD; Rebecca Smith, MSPH; Michael R. Elliott, PhD; Flaura K. Winston, MD, PhD

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Topics: seating

Association of Race/Ethnicity with Emergency Department Wait Times

Catherine A. James, MD; Florence T. Bourgeois, MD; Michael W. Shannon, MD, MPH

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Topics: emergency service, hospital , ethnic group , triage , waiting time

National Hospitalization Impact of Pediatric All-Terrain Vehicle Injuries

Jeffrey B. Killingsworth, MPH; John M. Tilford, PhD; James G. Parker, MS; James J. Graham, MD; Rhonda M. Dick, MD ...

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Topics: all-terrain vehicles , length of stay

Importance of Generational Status in Examining Access to and Utilization of Health Care Services by Mexican American Children

Anthony E. Burgos, MD, MPH; Karen E. Schetzina, MD, MPH; L. Beth Dixon, PhD, MPH; Fernando S. Mendoza, MD, MPH

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Topics: health care use , health insurance , health services accessibility , hispanics or latinos , immigrants

Epidemiologic Features of the Physical and Sexual Maltreatment of Children in the Carolinas

Adrea D. Theodore, MD, MPH; Jen Jen Chang, MPH; Desmond K. Runyan, MD, DrPH; Wanda M. Hunter, MPH; Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, PhD ...

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Topics: abuse, physical , burning sensation , child abuse , neglect , sexual abuse

Characteristics of Pediatric and Adolescent Patients Attending a Naturopathic College Clinic in Canada

Kumanan Wilson, MD, MSc; Jason W. Busse, DC, MSc; Amy Gilchrist, BA; Sunita Vohra, MD, MSc; Heather Boon, PhD ...

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Topics: naturopathy therapy , vaccination , complementary therapies , canada

Pediatric Fabry Disease

Markus Ries, MD; Surya Gupta, MD; David F. Moore, MD, PhD, DIC; Vandana Sachdev, MD; Jane M. Quirk, MS ...

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Topics: fabry disease , mutation , electrocardiogram , echocardiography , pain

Changing Conclusions on Secondhand Smoke in a Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Review Funded by the Tobacco Industry

Elisa K. Tong, MD; Lucinda England, MD; Stanton A. Glantz, PhD

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Topics: sudden infant death , passive smoking , tobacco industry , smoking

“Binkie Flutter,” an Apparently Voluntary Behavior of Infants, Possibly Related to Vibratory Jaw Movements in Dogs: Report of 4 Cases v⃞

John Gall, MD

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Topics: dog, domestic , jaw , pacifiers , mouth

Chronic Abdominal Pain in Children

Subcommittee on Chronic Abdominal Pain

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Topics: abdominal pain , chronic abdominal pain , irritable bowel syndrome , pain , chronic functional abdominal pain

Special Articles

Annual Summary of Vital Statistics—2003

Joyce A. Martin, MPH; Kenneth D. Kochanek, MA; Donna M. Strobino, PhD; Bernard Guyer, MD, MPH; Marian F. MacDorman, PhD

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Topics: birth , birth weight , cesarean section , hispanics or latinos , illness management and recovery

State-of-the-Art Interventions for Office-Based Parental Tobacco Control

Jonathan P. Winickoff, MD, MPH; Anna B. Berkowitz, MPH; Katie Brooks; Susanne E. Tanski, MD; Alan Geller, RN, MPH ...

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Topics: child health , counseling , smoke , smokers , smoking

Scientifically Unsupported and Supported Interventions for Childhood Psychopathology: A Summary

Scott O. Lilienfeld, PhD

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Topics: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , autistic disorder , conduct disorder , psychopathology , short qt syndrome

Training Young Pediatricians as Leaders for the 21st Century

Laurel K. Leslie, MD; Mary Beth Miotto, MD; Gilbert C. Liu, MD; Suzanne Ziemnik, MEd; Antonio G. Cabrera, MD ...

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Topics: behavioral change , curriculum development , education, medical, continuing , knowledge acquisition , needs assessment

Complementary Therapies in Pediatrics: A Legal Perspective

Michael H. Cohen, JD, MBA; Kathi J. Kemper, MD, MPH

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Topics: complementary therapies , malpractice , neglect , principles of law and justice , medical literature

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Provider and Practice Characteristics Associated With Antibiotic Use in Children With Presumed Viral Respiratory Tract Infections

Aditya H. Gaur, MD; Marion E. Hare, MD; Ronald I. Shorr, MD

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Topics: internship and residency , medical residencies , respiratory tract infections , outpatients , virus diseases

Severe Staphylococcal Sepsis in Adolescents in the Era of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Blanca E. Gonzalez, MD; Gerardo Martinez-Aguilar, MD; Kristina G. Hulten, PhD; Wendy A. Hammerman, RN; Jorge Coss-Bu, MD ...

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Topics: methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus , methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus , polymerase chain reaction , staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcal septicemia

Does Melanoma Behave Differently in Younger Children Than in Adults? A Retrospective Study of 33 Cases of Childhood Melanoma From a Single Institution

Andrea Ferrari, MD; Aldo Bono, MD; Marzia Baldi, MD; Paola Collini, MD; Michela Casanova, MD ...

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Topics: melanoma , malignant melanoma, cutaneous

Impact of Postnatal Systemic Corticosteroids on Mortality and Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Infants: Effect Modification by Risk for Chronic Lung Disease

Lex W. Doyle, MD; Henry L. Halliday, MD; Richard A. Ehrenkranz, MD; Peter G. Davis, MD; John C. Sinclair, MD

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Topics: adrenal corticosteroids , cerebral palsy , glucocorticoids , infant, premature , lung disease, chronic

Home Use of the GlucoWatch G2 Biographer in Children With Diabetes

Eba Hathout, MD; Nina Patel, MD; Christina Southern, MD; Julie Hill, RN; Reginald Anderson, MA ...

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Topics: blood glucose , diabetes mellitus , glucose , hypoglycemia , medical devices

A Rose by Any Other Name? Objective Knowledge, Perceived Knowledge, and Adolescent Male Condom Use

Ellen M. Rock, MD, MPH; Marjorie Ireland, PhD; Michael D. Resnick, PhD; Clea A. McNeely, DrPH

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Topics: condoms , coitus

Adverse Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants With a Normal Head Ultrasound: Prevalence and Antecedents

Abbot R. Laptook, MD; T. Michael O' Shea, MD; Seetha Shankaran, MD; Brinda Bhaskar, MS; and the NICHD Neonatal Network

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Topics: birth weight , echoencephalography , environmental air flow , extremely low birth weight infant , hemolytic-uremic syndrome

Follow-up at 15 Years of Preterm Infants From a Controlled Trial of Moderately Early Dexamethasone for the Prevention of Chronic Lung Disease

Steven J. Gross, MD; Ran D. Anbar, MD; Barbara B. Mettelman, PhD

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Topics: dexamethasone , lung disease, chronic , infant, premature , pulmonary function

Late Gestation Cerebellar Growth Is Rapid and Impeded by Premature Birth

Catherine Limperopoulos, PhD; Janet S. Soul, MD; Kimberlee Gauvreau, ScD; Petra S. Huppi, MD; Simon K. Warfield, PhD ...

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Topics: cerebellum , magnetic resonance imaging , tuberculosis , infant, premature

Neurodevelopmental and Growth Outcomes of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants After Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Susan R. Hintz, MD; Douglas E. Kendrick, MStat; Barbara J. Stoll, MD; Betty R. Vohr, MD; Avroy A. Fanaroff, MB BCh ...

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Topics: extremely low birth weight infant , necrotizing enterocolitis

No License Required: Severe Pediatric Motorbike-Related Injuries in Ohio

Wendy J. Pomerantz, MD, MS; Michael A. Gittelman, MD; Gary A. Smith, MD, DrPH

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Topics: motorcycles , ohio , protective helmet , trauma, pediatric , licensure

Retrospective Review of Serious Bacterial Infections in Infants Who Are 0 to 36 Months of Age and Have Influenza A Infection

Hannah F. Smitherman, MD; A. Chantal Caviness, MD, MPH; Charles G. Macias, MD, MPH

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Topics: bacteremia , bacterial infection, serious , bacterial infections , fever , influenza

Physician and Dentist Tobacco Use Counseling and Adolescent Smoking Behavior: Results From the 2000 National Youth Tobacco Survey

Donna Shelley, MD, MPH; Jennifer Cantrell, MPA; Dorothy Faulkner, PhD; Lyndon Haviland, DrPH; Cheryl Healton, DrPH ...

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Topics: counseling , dentists , smokers , smoking , tobacco

Asthma Phenotypes, Risk Factors, and Measures of Severity in a National Sample of US Children

Colleen F. Kelley, MD; David M. Mannino, MD; David M. Homa, PhD; Amanda Savage-Brown, PhD; Fernando Holguin, MD

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Topics: asthma , phenotype , pulmonary function tests , signs and symptoms, respiratory , extrinsic asthma

Association Between Fetal Lymphedema and Congenital Cardiovascular Defects in Turner Syndrome

Melissa L. Loscalzo, MD; Phillip L. Van, MS; Vincent B. Ho, MD; Vladimir K. Bakalov, MD; Douglas R. Rosing, MD ...

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Topics: cardiovascular system , fetus , lymphedema , turner's syndrome , neck

Review Articles

Calcium, Dairy Products, and Bone Health in Children and Young Adults: A Reevaluation of the Evidence

Amy Joy Lanou, PhD; Susan E. Berkow, PhD, CN; Neal D. Barnard, MD

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Topics: calcium , calcium intake , dairy products , dietary calcium , young adult

Evaluation and Management of Pain in Patients with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome: A Review

Adriana Lee, MD; David Driscoll, MD; Peter Gloviczki, MD; Ricky Clay, MD; William Shaughnessy, MD ...

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Topics: klippel-trenaunay-weber syndrome , pain , pain management , vascular anomalies , deep vein thrombosis

Commentaries

Therapy Is More Than Treatment

Alfred L. Scherzer, EdD, MD, FAAP

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Topics: disability , disabled children , family support , home care services , reflex

Bone Health: It’s More Than Calcium Intake

Frank R. Greer, MD

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Topics: calcium intake

Corticosteroids and Chronic Lung Disease: Time for Another Randomized, Controlled Trial?

Carl L. Bose, MD; Matthew M. Laughon, MD, MPH

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Topics: glucocorticoids , lung disease, chronic

Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis

Lisa M. Frenkel, MD

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Topics: central nervous system dysfunction , encephalitis , neonatal herpes , encephalitis, herpes simplex , polymerase chain reaction

Are the 21-Year-Old Baby Doe Rules Misunderstood or Mistaken?

Loretta M. Kopelman, PhD

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Topics: best interest standard , bioethics , coma , decision making , judgment

Melanoma in Children: Heightened Awareness of an Uncommon but Often Curable Malignancy

Julie R. Lange, MD, ScM; Charles M. Balch, MD

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Topics: cancer , melanoma

Experience and Reason

Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis During Suppressive Therapy With Acyclovir in a Premature Infant

Monica Fonseca-Aten, MD; Allison F. Messina, MD; Hasan S. Jafri, MD; Pablo J. Sánchez, MD

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Topics: acyclovir , encephalitis, herpes simplex , polymerase chain reaction , infant, premature , encephalitis

Eyelid Mass as the Presenting Finding in a Child With Down Syndrome and Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia

Claudio Sandoval, MD; Adam Davis, MD; Somasundaram Jayabose, MD

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Topics: acute megakaryocytic leukemias , down syndrome , eyelid , eyelid swelling

American Academy of Pediatrics

Chronic Abdominal Pain in Children

Subcommittee on Chronic Abdominal Pain

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Topics: chronic abdominal pain , abdominal pain , chronic functional abdominal pain

Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs: The Role of the Pediatrician in Prevention, Identification, and Management of Substance Abuse

John W. Kulig, MD, MPH; and the Committee on Substance Abuse

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Topics: ethanol , substance abuse , tobacco , substance use disorders

Letters to the Editor

Adolescent Bariatric Surgery: Treatment Delayed May Be Treatment Denied

Victor F. Garcia, MD

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Topics: bariatric surgery

National Standard for Death-Scene Investigation of Sudden, Unexpected Infant Deaths in the United States

Kay M. Tomashek, MD, MPH; Carrie Shapiro-Mendoza, PhD, MPH; Jennifer Wingo; Terry W. Davis, EdD

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Topics: infant death

National Standard for Death-Scene Investigation of Sudden, Unexpected Infant Deaths in the United States: In Reply

Siri Hauge Opdal, PhD; Torleiv Ole Rognum, MD

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Topics: infant death , sudden infant death

Hyperbilirubinemia Guidelines in Newborn Infants

Arie L. Alkalay, MD; Charles F. Simmons, MD

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Topics: hyperbilirubinemia

Blood Pressure Tables

Myung K. Park, MD

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Topics: blood pressure , diastolic blood pressure

Blood Pressure Tables: In Reply

Bonita Falkner, MD; Edward Roccella, PhD; Bernard Rosner, PhD; On behalf of the Working Group of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program

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Topics: blood pressure , overweight

Extended-Interval Aminoglycosides in Children: More Guidance Is Needed

E. J. Best, MBChB; P. Palasanthiran, MD, FRACP; M. Gazarian, MBBS, MSc(ClinEpi), FRACP

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Topics: aminoglycosides

Extended-Interval Aminoglycosides in Children: More Guidance Is Needed: In Reply

Despina G. Contopoulos-Ioannidis, MD; John P.A. Ioannidis, MD

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Topics: aminoglycosides

Waiver of Prospective Consent for Pediatric Resuscitation Research

Daniel Stromberg, MD; Tia Tortoriello, MD; Tracine Adame, RN

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Topics: resuscitation , waivers , intensive care unit

Waiver of Prospective Consent for Pediatric Resuscitation Research: In Reply

Marilyn C. Morris, MD

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Topics: resuscitation , waivers

Prevention of Kernicterus: A Lesson From the Past

Jonathan B. Rosefsky, MD

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Topics: kernicterus

Prevention of Kernicterus: A Lesson From the Past: In Reply

Lillian R. Blackmon, MD, FAAP; Avroy A. Fanaroff, MD, FAAP; Tonse Raju, MD, FAAP

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Topics: kernicterus

Physiologically Redefining Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Robert C. Beckerman, MD

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Topics: bronchopulmonary dysplasia , oxygen supplementation , infant, premature

Physiologically Redefining Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: In Reply

Michele C. Walsh, MD, MS

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Topics: bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Rethinking the Rethinking About “Well-Child” Care

Glenn Austin, MD, FAAP

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Topics: well child , well child visit

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