Articles Tagged With: children
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Neonatal MRI Can Predict Future Academic Difficulties for Children Born Preterm
Neonatal brain MRI can identify structural changes that predict future difficulties in school performance for children who are born preterm.
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Disclosing medical errors to children is usually the right move
The medical community has embraced the concept of disclosing medical errors to patients promptly and honestly, but there is still some question about how to handle pediatric patients. Should you tell a child that you made a mistake? If so, how?
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Outcomes of Acute Encephalitis in Children
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: MRI is useful not only in assisting with identifying the etiology of encephalitis, but also provides prognostic information.
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Call for Action: Research on Anesthesia for Babies and Children
Are anesthetics and sedatives safe for infants and children under age 4? The FDA says we need to know more than we do.
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Pediatric Stroke
MONOGRAPH: Pediatric stroke presents a diagnostic challenge to the emergency physician. Here is what to look for and how to best proceed.
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Pediatric Head Injury
The impact of traumatic brain injury as a leading cause of death and morbidity in the pediatric population cannot be ignored, and significantly impacts any provider who cares for children.
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Lung Ultrasound to Diagnose Pneumonia in Children
Whether based on history, tachypnea, or X-ray findings, the diagnosis of pneumonia in children is incompletely accurate. Ultrasound is a reasonable alternative tool for the diagnosis of childhood pneumonia.
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Caring for Unaccompanied Central American Immigrant Children
Physicians can improve the health of unaccompanied Central American immigrant children by ensuring appropriate vaccination, by identifying culturally and linguistically appropriate community resources, and by becoming involved in patient advocacy.
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Pneumonia in U.S. Children Requiring Hospitalization
Two thousand six hundred thirty-eight children with a clinical diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were enrolled in a prospective surveillance study. Eighty-nine percent had radiographic evidence of pneumonia. The median age of children hospitalized was 2 years, with the highest rates seen in children younger than 2 years. Respiratory viruses were the most commonly detected pathogens.
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Preventing Active Tuberculosis in Children
A three-month course of weekly rifapentine and isoniazid is safe and at least as effective as nine months of daily isoniazid in preventing tuberculosis in children aged 2 to 17 years.