A 3-year-old female with abdominal pain, vomiting, and an abdominal mass.

abstract：:The field of pediatric pain management continues to evolve, with ongoing changes in our appreciation of the impact of pain on our fragile patients, a better understanding of how to assess pain, and refinements of the medications and techniques used to provide analgesia to patients with acute pain of various etiologies...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Tobias JD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain rashes and cutaneous lesions in a newborn can be clues to more concerning diseases and conditions if recognized and evaluated promptly. Langerhans cell histiocytosis, cutaneous forms of cancer (such as leukemia cutis, neuroblastoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma), developmental abnormalities such as neural tube or spin...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Manning JR,Lee DH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric chronic rhinosinusitis is a multifactorial inflammatory and infectious disorder. It likely reflects a dysfunction at the site of the interaction between host and environmental factors in the nose and sinuses. Our limited understanding of this common childhood disease makes it difficult to diagnose and to tre...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Silviu-Dan F

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenarche is when a child's adrenal cortex starts to secrete adrenal androgen precursors. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is the most abundant product of the adrenal cortex, and is a weak androgen agonist thought to be responsible for the clinical signs of pubarche by conversion to more potent androgens, testosterone, ...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Novello L,Speiser PW

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Safe to Sleep campaign started in 1994, reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by 40% to 60%. However, an undesirable consequence has been a 400% to 600% increase in positional head deformities. We review the risks for positional plagiocephaly or brachycephaly, treatment modalities, and when to r...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Marshall JM,Shahzad F

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare, benign, and self-limited disease that causes lymphadenopathy and has a characteristic histological appearance. The etiology of this disease is unknown, but a possible infectious trigger has been hypothesized. In the adult population t...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Batton E,Alali M,Hageman JR,Parilla M,Yu KOA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical activity and participation in sports are important for the well being of children and youth and should be encouraged by health care providers. Individuals with chronic diseases are often less active, which can have a negative impact on their health. This article will review the effects of exercise on a few ch...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： LeBlanc CM,Lands LC

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrum of disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis includes bacteremia, fulminant sepsis (meningococcemia), meningitis, and pneumonia. The incidence of meningococcal infection has long been higher in infancy than adolescents or adults older than 65 years (a third group with an increased risk based on age). Five ...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Woods CR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disorders are one of the most frequent comorbidities in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Heterogeneous sleep problems in children with ASD have been reported, and insomnia has a prevalence in children with ASD ranging from 60% to 86%. Poor sleep can cause harmful effects on cognitive functions, fost...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Posar A,Visconti P

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has described the rationale and methods available for treatment of severely communicatively impaired children. The primary goal of such intervention is to facilitate communication, rather than speech per se, as the most realistic goal for some youngsters. To the extent that augmentative techniques affect ...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Cohen C

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultural health beliefs and practices often affect accuracy of diagnoses, health care delivery, and treatment plan adherence, which can lead to health disparity. However, the effect of these belief systems, and acceptance of health care provider recommendations is not commonly discussed. As the proportion of patients ...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Mandlik N,Kamat D

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Practitioners involved with the medical care of active children often are called on for advice regarding physical activity recommendations in children and adolescents who are ill. This article has covered many general and specific guidelines to be considered when counseling children and their parents. Recommendations ...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Noffsinger J

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental trigger thumb, although uncommon, can be easily identifiable in the pediatric outpatient visit. Patients often present with their thumb locked in flexion and a firm nodule at the base of the thumb. The thumb is usually passively correctable and nonpainful. It is important to examine the opposite thumb as...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Twu J,Angeles J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal intestinal obstruction is caused by an anatomical abnormality that produces bowel movement failure. Intestinal obstruction presents with three classic clinical signs: vomiting, abdominal distention, and failure to pass meconium. Intestinal obstruction is one of the most common causes for admitting a pediatric...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Vargas MG,Miguel-Sardaneta ML,Rosas-Téllez M,Pereira-Reyes D,Justo-Janeiro JM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male patient was born small for gestational age (SGA) at 33 weeks with a birth weight of 1,663 grams (< 10th percentile) and length 43 cm (10th percentile) to a 38-year-old G5P4 mother by cesarean section due to non-reassuring fetal heart tones. Prior to delivery, his mother experienced decreased fetal movement and ...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Blanco M,Khan O,Stanley K,Hageman JR,Greeley SA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CLOCC may be useful as a model for local, cooperative, overweight-prevention efforts that involve researchers, clinicians, and public health advocates in complementary and shared work. It employs an ecological approach and is guided by an understanding of critical periods in the development of overweight in childhood....

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Longjohn MM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child healthcare sits between two worlds: in the past, with a focus on the prevention and treatment of infectious and chronic disease and the current more expansive view of child health and our role in child health promotion. As a result, disagreements concerning the evidence basis for our work have also arisen. Clini...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Sege RD,De Vos E

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in contraceptive technology offer US adolescent females the potential to reduce their risk of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) without unacceptable side effects. Newly developed oral contraceptives that contain the progestins desogestrel or norgestimate (Desogen, Ortho-Cept,...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Gold MA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children presenting with hypertension should be considered for emergency treatment when there is evidence of end-organ toxicity. Complications of extreme hypertension may be very serious, even life threatening, with the potential for life-long sequelae. Of greatest significance is damage to the central nervous system....

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Groshong T

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has provided an approach to patients who present with Tourette's syndrome or other tic disorders. The goals are to clarify each of the problems, to determine whether the major source of distress is related to tics or associated behaviors, and to develop an individualized multimodal treatment program. A va...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Singer HS

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise-induced dyspnea in children and adolescents can occur for many reasons. Although asthma is the common cause, failure to prevent exercise-induced asthma by pretreatment with a bronchodilator, such as albuterol, indicates that other etiologies should be considered. Other causes of exercise-induced dyspnea inclu...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Bhatia R,Abu-Hasan M,Weinberger M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatricians may advise parents that diarrhea is a frequent occurrence among infants and toddlers in day care and that diarrhea is usually mild and self-limited. A child newly enrolled in a day-care facility is at a particularly high risk for developing a diarrheal illness within the first month after enrollment, but...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Morrow AL,Townsend IT,Pickering LK

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following toxic ingestions, attention must first focus on the stabilization of the patient with concurrent attention to the prevention of absorption and the enhancement of excretion of the toxic substance ingested. A careful history and physical examination supported by laboratory data should assist in defining ingest...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Barkin RM

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists support the use of new terminology for abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) to consistently categorize AUB by etiology. The term AUB can be further classified as AUB/heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) (replaci...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Mullins TL,Miller RJ,Mullins ES

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux requires careful consideration of the patient's clinical history and initial evaluation of presenting symptoms. In cases where overt vomiting in noted, the initial evaluation should include a barium esophagram and upper gastrointestinal series. The diagnosis of gastroesophageal...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Berquist WE

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergencies do occur in pediatric primary care offices. The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine recommends that primary care offices perform a self-assessment of office readiness for emergencies. Primary care offices should develop an emergency response plan to recognize, stabilize...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Kalidindi S,Lacy TA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is our hope that this issue of Pediatric Annals will stimulate among readers a desire to learn more about the difficult challenges faced by our colleagues who live and work in developing countries. They do so much with so little, and their dedication to their work is an inspiration to us all. Armed with such inform...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Staton DM,Harding MH

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nutritional needs of pregnant adolescents are the greatest at a time when it is most difficult to meet them. Dieting, skipping meals, snacking, eating away from home, consuming fast foods, and trying unconventional diets are common eating behaviors among adolescents, which relate to their changing lifestyles of in...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Gutierrez Y,King JC

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common complaint among adolescent girls. It reflects an abnormal volume of blood loss during the menstrual cycle. Abnormal uterine bleeding can manifest as HMB but includes menstrual irregularity. In many cases, immaturity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis or hormonal condi...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Davila J,Alderman EM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality attributed to sudden infant death syndrome ahs decreased significantly in Northern Europe and Australia in conjunction with the majority of infants being placed to sleep on their back or side instead of on their stomach. Since the AAP recommendation in 1992 to place healthy infants on their back or side ...

journal_title：Pediatric annals

authors： Willinger M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00