Issues

Topics: antidepressive agents , antipsychotic agents , asthma , auscultation , autoantibodies

Pediatrics Perspectives

Are We on the Right Track? Examining the Role of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics

Ruth E.K. Stein, MD

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Topics: developmental and behavioral pediatrics , internship and residency , mental health

A Slice of Peace

Sigmund J. Kharasch, MD

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Topics: arab ethnic group , israel , professors , judaism , iran

An Adoptive Parental Perspective on Personal Genomic Screening

Thomas May, PhD

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Topics: adoptive parent , genetic screening , genetics , genomic screening , daughter

Assessing Sexual Symptoms and Side Effects in Adolescents

Amir Levine, MD; Eleanor McGlinchey, PhD

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Topics: selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors , cell adhesion molecules , tads study , depressive disorders

Monthly Feature

Iodine and the “Near” Eradication of Cretinism

Sana Syed, MD

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Topics: congenital hypothyroidism , iodine

Articles

Late Preterm Birth and Neurocognitive Performance in Late Adulthood: A Birth Cohort Study

Kati Heinonen, PhD; Johan G. Eriksson, MD; Jari Lahti, PhD; Eero Kajantie, MD; Anu-Katriina Pesonen, PhD ...

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Topics: premature birth , birth , educational status , gestational age , minimal cognitive impairment

Executive Function in Adolescents Born <1000 g or <28 Weeks: A Prospective Cohort Study

Alice C. Burnett, PhD; Shannon E. Scratch, PhD; Katherine J. Lee, PhD; Jeanie Cheong, MD; Karissa Searle, BSc ...

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Topics: executive functioning , prospective studies , birth weight , reaction time , survivors

Gestational Age and Developmental Risk in Moderately and Late Preterm and Early Term Infants

Luisa Schonhaut, MD; Iván Armijo, BSc; Marcela Pérez, MD

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Topics: developmental delay , gestational age

Trajectories and Outcomes Among Children With Special Health Care Needs

Jon Quach, PhD; Pauline W. Jansen, PhD; Fiona K. Mensah, PhD; Melissa Wake, MD

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Topics: cognition , father , mental health , persistence , wave - physical agent

Isolated Linear Skull Fractures in Children With Blunt Head Trauma

Elizabeth C. Powell, MD; Shireen M. Atabaki, MD; Sandra Wootton-Gorges, MD; David Wisner, MD; Prashant Mahajan, MD ...

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Topics: head injuries, closed , linear skull fractures , mechanism of injury , neurosurgical procedures , skull fractures

Collaborative Care for Children With ADHD Symptoms: A Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial

Michael Silverstein, MD; L. Kari Hironaka, MD; Heather J. Walter, MD; Emily Feinberg, ScD; Jenna Sandler, MPH ...

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Topics: adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , collaborative care , hyperkinesis , inattention

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure With Helmet Versus Mask in Infants With Bronchiolitis: An RCT

Giovanna Chidini, MD; Marco Piastra, MD; Tiziana Marchesi, MD; Daniele De Luca, MD; Luisa Napolitano, MD ...

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Topics: continuous positive airway pressure , masks , protective helmet , bronchiolitis , sedation procedure

13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV13) in Preterm Versus Term Infants

Federico Martinón-Torres, MD; Hanna Czajka, MD; Kimberly J. Center, MD; Jacek Wysocki, MD; Ewa Majda-Stanislawska, MD ...

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Topics: 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine , immunoglobulin g , infant, premature , serotype , toddler

Government Health Care Spending and Child Mortality

Mahiben Maruthappu, MA; Ka Ying Bonnie Ng, BMedSci; Callum Williams, BA; Rifat Atun, FRCP; Thomas Zeltner, MD

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Topics: child health , child mortality , government , health expenditures , low income

Medical Providers’ Understanding of Sex Trafficking and Their Experience With At-Risk Patients

Megan E. Beck, BS; Megan M. Lineer, BS; Marlene Melzer-Lange, MD; Pippa Simpson, PhD; Melodee Nugent, MA ...

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Topics: sex trafficking , child abuse , social work , wounds and injuries , physician assistant

Mortality After Burn Injury in Children: A 33-year Population-Based Study

Janine M. Duke, PhD; Suzanne Rea, MB; James H. Boyd, BSc (Hons); Sean M. Randall, BSc (Hons); Fiona M. Wood, MBBS

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Topics: burns

Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy and Asthma in the Offspring

Xiaoqin Liu, MD; Jørn Olsen, MD; Lars Henning Pedersen, MD; Esben Agerbo, DMSc; Wei Yuan, MD ...

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Vitamin B-12, Folic Acid, and Growth in 6- to 30-Month-Old Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Tor A. Strand, MD; Sunita Taneja, MBBS; Tivendra Kumar, MBBS; Mari S. Manger, PhD; Helga Refsum, MD ...

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Topics: folic acid , vitamin b12

Comorbidity of Physical and Mental Disorders in the Neurodevelopmental Genomics Cohort Study

Kathleen R. Merikangas, PhD; Monica E. Calkins, PhD; Marcy Burstein, PhD; Jian-Ping He, MSc; Rosetta Chiavacci, BSN ...

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Topics: comorbidity , mental disorders , mood disorder , behavior disorders , genomics

Handheld Echocardiography Versus Auscultation for Detection of Rheumatic Heart Disease

Justin Godown, MD; Jimmy C. Lu, MD; Andrea Beaton, MD; Craig Sable, MD; Grace Mirembe, MD ...

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Topics: auscultation , hand , rheumatic heart disease , scanning systems, ultrasonic, portable , echocardiography

Cardiac Biomarkers and Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

Emily M. Bucholz, MPH; Richard P. Whitlock, MD; Michael Zappitelli, MD; Prasad Devarajan, MD; John Eikelboom, MD ...

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Sociodemographic Attributes and Spina Bifida Outcomes

Michael S. Schechter, MD; Tiebin Liu, MSPH; Minn Soe, MD; Mark Swanson, MD; Elisabeth Ward, RN ...

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Topics: decubitus ulcer , spinal dysraphism , health insurance, private , bladder control , treatment outcome

Parent-Reported Outcomes of a Shared Decision-Making Portal in Asthma: A Practice-Based RCT

Alexander G. Fiks, MD; Stephanie L. Mayne, MHS; Dean J. Karavite, MSI; Andrew Suh, BS; Ryan O’Hara, BA ...

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Topics: asthma , asthma management

Infectious and Autoantibody-Associated Encephalitis: Clinical Features and Long-term Outcome

Sekhar C. Pillai, FRACP; Yael Hacohen, MRCPCH; Esther Tantsis, FRACP; Kristina Prelog, FRANZCR; Vera Merheb, BSc ...

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Diagnosis of Viral Infections Using Myxovirus Resistance Protein A (MxA)

Ilka Engelmann, MD; François Dubos, MD; Pierre-Emmanuel Lobert, PhD; Claire Houssin, MD; Vanessa Degas, MD ...

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Safety and Efficacy of Pimecrolimus in Atopic Dermatitis: A 5-Year Randomized Trial

Bardur Sigurgeirsson, MD; Andrzej Boznanski, MD; Gail Todd, FFDerm (SA); André Vertruyen, MD; Marie-Louise A. Schuttelaar, MD ...

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Topics: atopic dermatitis , immune system , pimecrolimus , potentially inappropriate medication list , topical corticosteroid

Pneumonia in Childhood and Impaired Lung Function in Adults: A Longitudinal Study

Johnny Y.C. Chan, MBChB; Debra A. Stern, MS; Stefano Guerra, MD; Anne L. Wright, PhD; Wayne J. Morgan, MD ...

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Topics: asthma , pneumonia , pulmonary function , pulmonary function tests , respiratory physiology

Antibiotic Exposure in Infancy and Risk of Being Overweight in the First 24 Months of Life

Antti Saari, MD; Lauri J. Virta, MD; Ulla Sankilampi, MD; Leo Dunkel, MD; Harri Saxen, MD

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Topics: body mass index procedure , macrolides , overweight , cephalosporins , exposure

Clinical Features of Celiac Disease: A Prospective Birth Cohort

Daniel Agardh, MD; Hye-Seung Lee, PhD; Kalle Kurppa, MD; Ville Simell; Carin Andrén Aronsson, MSc ...

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Topics: anthropometric measures , celiac disease , human leukocyte antigens , mucosal lesions , seroconversion

Etiology of Childhood Bacteremia and Timely Antibiotics Administration in the Emergency Department

Adam D. Irwin, MRCPCH; Richard J. Drew, MD FRCPath; Philippa Marshall, MBChB; Kha Nguyen, MRCPCH; Emily Hoyle, MBChB ...

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Topics: bacteremia , vaccines

Off-Label Use of Inhaled Nitric Oxide After Release of NIH Consensus Statement

Marc A. Ellsworth, MD; Malinda N. Harris, MD; William A. Carey, MD; Alan R. Spitzer, MD; Reese H. Clark, MD

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Topics: infant, premature , nitric oxide , off-label use , united states national institutes of health , gestational age

Motivational Interviewing and Dietary Counseling for Obesity in Primary Care: An RCT

Kenneth Resnicow, PhD; Fiona McMaster, PhD; Alison Bocian, MS; Donna Harris, MA; Yan Zhou, MS ...

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Antipsychotic Medication Prescribing in Children Enrolled in Medicaid

David C. Rettew, MD; Jeanne Greenblatt, MD; Jody Kamon, PhD; Diane Neal, RPh; Valerie Harder, MHS ...

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Topics: antipsychotic agents , prescriptions, drug , best practice

Physician Response to Parental Requests to Spread Out the Recommended Vaccine Schedule

Allison Kempe, MD; Sean T. O’Leary, MD; Allison Kennedy, MPH; Lori A. Crane, PhD; Mandy A. Allison, MD ...

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Topics: vaccines

Retinal Microvasculature and Cardiovascular Health in Childhood

Olta Gishti, MD; Vincent W.V. Jaddoe, MD; Janine F. Felix, MD; Caroline C.W. Klaver, MD; Albert Hofman, MD ...

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Topics: cardiovascular system , carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity , hypertension , retinal vascular caliber , retinal vasculature

Early Intervention for Toddlers With Language Delays: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Megan Y. Roberts, PhD; Ann P. Kaiser, PhD

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Pediatric Palliative Care and Inpatient Hospital Costs: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Andrew G. Smith, MD; Seth Andrews, MBA; Susan L. Bratton, MD; Joan Sheetz, MD; Chris Feudtner, MD ...

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Topics: inpatients , palliative care

New Pediatricians: First Jobs and Future Workplace Goals

Gary L. Freed, MD; Gail A. McGuinness, MD; Lauren M. Moran, BA; Laura Spera, MS; Linda A. Althouse, PhD

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Topics: ambulatory care services , data analysis , employment , inpatients , internship and residency

Diversity and Inclusion Training in Pediatric Departments

Fernando S. Mendoza, MD; Leslie R. Walker, MD; Barbara J. Stoll, MD; Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD; Joseph W. St Geme, III, MD ...

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Topics: cultural competence , internship and residency , lgbt persons , medical residencies , workforce

Review Articles

Lung Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Children: A Meta-analysis

Maria A. Pereda, MD; Miguel A. Chavez, MD; Catherine C. Hooper-Miele, MD; Robert H. Gilman, MD; Mark C. Steinhoff, MD ...

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Topics: childhood pneumonia , heterogeneity , lung ultrasonography , pneumonia , ultrasonography

Screening and Routine Supplementation for Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Systematic Review

Marian S. McDonagh, PharmD; Ian Blazina, MPH; Tracy Dana, MLS; Amy Cantor, MD; Christina Bougatsos, MPH

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Topics: iron , iron deficiency anemia

Prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Rae Thomas, BEd; Sharon Sanders, BScPod; Jenny Doust, MBBS; Elaine Beller, BSc; Paul Glasziou, MBBS

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Topics: adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , diagnostic and statistical manual

Prediction Models for Neonatal Health Care–Associated Sepsis: A Meta-analysis

Evelien Hilde Verstraete, RN; Koen Blot, BSc; Ludo Mahieu, MD; Dirk Vogelaers, MD; Stijn Blot, PhD

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Topics: sepsis , newborn , pallor , lethargy

Fatigue in Child Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review of Assessment Instruments

Alison Crichton, DPsych; Sarah Knight, PhD; Ed Oakley, PhD; Franz E. Babl, MD; Vicki Anderson, PhD

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Topics: fatigue , chronic disease , assessment scales

State-of-the-Art Review Article

State-of-the-Art Office-Based Interventions to Eliminate Youth Tobacco Use: The Past Decade

Lori Pbert, PhD; Harold Farber, MD; Kimberly Horn, EdD; Harry A. Lando, PhD; Myra Muramoto, MD ...

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Topics: counseling , nicotine dependence , tobacco , tobacco use , smoke

Special Articles

The 2014 Douglas K. Richardson Award for Perinatal and Pediatric HealthCare Research Address

Measuring Quality of Pediatric Care: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going

Mark A. Schuster, MD

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Topics: quality measurement

Measles Imported to the United States by Children Adopted From China

Qiru Su, MSc; Yanyang Zhang, MD; Yating Ma, MD; Xiang Zheng, MD; Tongwu Han, MD ...

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Topics: china , disease outbreaks , measles , vaccination , adopted child

Commentaries

Another Step Towards Celiac Screening

Richard J. Noel, MD, PhD

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Topics: celiac disease

Inhaled Nitric Oxide for the Preterm Infant: Evidence Versus Practice

Neil N. Finer, MD; Nick Evans, DM, MRCPCH

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Topics: infant, premature , nitric oxide

Primary Care Interventions for Pediatric Obesity: Need for an Integrated Approach

Cara B. Ebbeling, PhD; Richard C. Antonelli, MD, MS

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Topics: childhood obesity

Expanding the Definition of Long-term Follow-up to Late Adulthood

Betty Vohr, MD

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Topics: alzheimer disease, early onset , alzheimer's disease , autism spectrum disorder , awakening , brain

Children With Special Health Care Needs: With Population-Based Data, Better Individual Care Plans

Jeanne Van Cleave, MD

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Topics: care plan , chronic disease

The Frontiers of Research About Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Mark L. Wolraich, MD

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Topics: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Quality Reports

Using Quality Improvement to Reduce Continuous Pulse Oximetry Use in Children With Wheezing

Amanda C. Schondelmeyer, MD; Jeffrey M. Simmons, MD; Angela M. Statile, MD; Kelsey E. Hofacer, MHSA; Rebecca Smith, RN ...

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Topics: asthma , bronchiolitis , intensive care unit , oximetry, pulse , quality improvement

Improvement Methodology Increases Guideline Recommended Blood Cultures in Children With Pneumonia

Eileen Murtagh Kurowski, MD; Samir S. Shah, MD; Joanna Thomson, MD; Angela Statile, MD; Brieanne Sheehan, MGS ...

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Case Reports

13-Year-Old Girl With Recurrent, Episodic, Persistent Vomiting: Out of the Pot and Into the Fire

Diana Felton, MD; Naamah Zitomersky, MD; Shannon Manzi, PharmD; Jenifer R. Lightdale, MD

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Delayed-Onset of Multiple Cutaneous Infantile Hemangiomas Due to Propranolol: A Case Report

Rocío Porcel Chacón, MD; Javier del Boz González, MD; Juan Navarro Morón, MD

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Topics: propranolol , strawberry nevus of skin

Congenital Left Paraduodenal Hernia Causing Chronic Abdominal Pain and Abdominal Catastrophe

Yan Shi, MD; Amy E. Felsted, BS; Prakash M. Masand, MD; Brent A. Mothner, MD; Jed G. Nuchtern, MD ...

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Topics: abdomen , chronic abdominal pain , paraduodenal hernias , internal hernia , mesentery

Executive Functioning of 4 Children With Hyperphenylalaninemia From Childhood to Adolescence

Rachael Sharman, PhD; Karen A. Sullivan, PhD; Toni Jones, PhD; Ross McD. Young, PhD; Jim McGill, MD

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Topics: executive functioning , hyperphenylalaninemia , phenylalanine , phenylketonurias

Chronic Hepatitis E Resolved by Reduced Immunosuppression in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Patients

Antonia H.M. Bouts, MD; Pytrik J. Schriemer, MD; Hans L. Zaaijer, MD

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Topics: hepatitis, chronic , renal transplantation , therapeutic immunosuppression , transplantation , hepatitis e

Case Report of GNAS Epigenetic Defect Revealed by a Congenital Hypothyroidism

Pauline Romanet, MD; Lindsay Osei, MD; Irène Netchine, MD; Morgane Pertuit, PhD; Alain Enjalbert, PhD ...

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Topics: congenital hypothyroidism , epigenetics , pseudohypoparathyroidism , signs and symptoms , thyrotropin

Letters to the Editor

Lessons for the United States From the Chinese Pediatricians' Experience

Sarah K. Weinberg

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Topics: anger , china , health care systems , self-mutilation by cutting , teaching

Chinese Pediatricians Face a Crisis: Reform Is Coming

Keith K. Lau; Chun-Bong Chow; Man-Chun Chiu

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Topics: china , employee , family medicine , health care systems , hong kong

Errata

Aronson et al. Variation in Care of the Febrile Young Infant <90 Days in US Pediatric Emergency Departments. Pediatrics. 2014;134(4):667–677

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Topics: emergency service, hospital , fever

Klaiman et al. Longitudinal Profiles of Adaptive Behavior in Fragile X Syndrome. Pediatrics. 2014;134(2):315–324

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Topics: adaptive behavior , fragile x syndrome

Jacob et al. Etiologies of NICU Deaths. Pediatrics. 2015;135(1):e59–e65

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Topics: neonatal intensive care units

From the American Academy of Pediatrics

Policy Statement

Definition of a Pediatrician

COMMITTEE ON PEDIATRIC WORKFORCE; Mary Ellen Rimsza, MD; Andrew J. Hotaling, MD; Mary Elizabeth Keown, MD; James Paul Marcin, MD ...

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Topics: chronic disease , practice management , social welfare , consultants , health services

Policy Statement

Adolescent Drug Testing Policies in Schools

Sharon Levy, MD; Miriam Schizer, MD; COMMITTEE ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE; Seth D. Ammerman, MD; Pamela K. Gonzalez, MD ...

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Topics: substance abuse detection , substance use disorders

Clinical Report

Incidental Findings on Brain and Spine Imaging in Children

Cormac O. Maher, MD; Joseph H. Piatt, Jr, MD; SECTION ON NEUROLOGIC SURGERY; John Ragheb, MD; Phillip R. Aldana, MD ...

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Topics: brain , cysts , incidental findings , neurosurgical procedures , magnetic resonance imaging

Policy Statement

Point-of-Care Ultrasonography by Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; SOCIETY FOR ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, Academy of Emergency Ultrasound; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee; WORLD INTERACTIVE NETWORK FOCUSED ON CRITICAL ULTRASOUND; Alyssa M. Abo, MD ...

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Topics: point-of-care ultrasonography , pediatric emergency medicine , ultrasonography

Policy Statement

AAP Publications Reaffirmed or Retired

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Topics: chickenpox , chickenpox vaccine , diphtheria vaccine , hepatitis a vaccines , infant death

Technical Report

Adolescent Drug Testing Policies in Schools

Sharon Levy, MD; Miriam Schizer, MD; COMMITTEE ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE; Seth D. Ammerman, MD; Pamela K. Gonzalez, MD ...

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Topics: substance abuse detection

Technical Report

Point-of-Care Ultrasonography by Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians

Jennifer R. Marin, MD; Resa E. Lewiss, MD; AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; SOCIETY FOR ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, Academy of Emergency Ultrasound; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Committee ...

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