Adolescent varicocele.

abstract：:This brief overview serves as an introduction to the vast array of basic and clinical concepts that are pertinent to the basic understanding of ventricular fibrillation, its genesis, and its clinical management. ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Fish FA

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review the imaging techniques currently used to study some of the more common emergency medical and surgical problems that are encountered in children and that are not covered elsewhere in this volume. ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Kirchner SG,Horev G

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human autoinflammatory diseases (except for the periodic fever, adenopathy, pharyngitis, aphthae syndrom) are a heterogeneous group of genetically determined diseases characterized by seemingly unprovoked inflammation, in the absence of autoimmune or infective causes. Tremendous advances in the understanding of these ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Padeh S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article defines short bowel syndrome and reviews the pathophysiology, medical management, and surgical manipulations proposed to improve intestinal absorption. Emphasis is also placed on possible future methods of management. ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Schwartz MZ,Maeda K

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article addresses the current and desired future state of interprofessional practice in pediatric hospital medicine. It focuses on identifying optimal team composition and work patterns, describing the value of parent involvement on both the patient's care team and on operational teams, describing the need for in...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Baird J,Ashland M,Rosenbluth G

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caustic ingestions, both accidental and intentional, continue to cause significant morbidity and mortality. This article recommends the best methods of managing caustic ingestion and the related problems of foreign bodies in the digestive tracts of small children, and also stresses the need for prevention as the best ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Friedman EM

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) continue to be the most commonly used form of prescription contraceptives used by adolescents in the United States. With proper use, oral contraceptives provide safe and effective birth control. Broad categories of OCPs include progestin-only pills (POPs) and combined oral contraceptive...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Powell A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ensuring the safety of young athletes is a priority among health care providers. Controversy remains as to the best method of preparticipation screening. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association currently recommend screening with history and physical examination, without routine electrocar...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Galas JM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes important aspects of health-care quality, quality improvement (QI), patient safety (PS), and approaches to research on QI/PS efforts. Common terminology to facilitate an understanding of QI and PS research is reviewed. Models for understanding system and process performance are discussed. Introd...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Niedner MF

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States must improve its efforts to reduce teen pregnancy. We occupy an alarming position in the developed world from the standpoint of the magnitude of the pregnancy issue. While our society promotes sexuality to sell all sorts of consumer goods, it still refuses for the most part to make contraceptives fam...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Davis S

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the magnitude of the cysticercosis problem and describe the organism, the clinical features of the disease, the propensity of the organism for development in the central nervous system, pathologic considerations, clinical diagnosis, and treatment. ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Brown WJ,Voge M

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although recent clinical trials suggest that conjugate vaccination will be less effective for the prevention of AOM than for IPD, these trials have demonstrated impressive reductions in the incidence of AOM due to invasive and antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal serotypes. These data suggest that if serotype replacement...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Weber SM,Grundfast KM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In today's complex and rapidly changing health care environments, patient harm may result if important patient information is not communicated from one health care provider to another during handoffs in care. Issues involving communication, continuity of care, and care planning are cited as a root cause in more than 8...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Streitenberger K,Breen-Reid K,Harris C

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly specialized pediatric critical care centers have matured significantly over the past two decades; however, access to this care is limited to tertiary care facilities and constrained by geography. With the advances of transport medicine, great distances can be spanned to bring critical care to the patient and pr...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Pon S,Notterman DA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is clear that previously we were ill-informed and misinformed about children's pain. Recent investigations have led not only to a burgeoning of understanding of pediatric pain, but also an increase in our ability to appropriately measure and treat children's pain. Both pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical treatment...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： McGrath PJ,Craig KD

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pediatric autopsy can provide great benefits to families at a time when their world is falling apart. It can be invaluable in the processing of grief that families endure, helping them to plan their future. Autopsy results not only provide information but may also provide consolation by giving the family the oppor...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Riggs D,Weibley RE

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal resuscitation is an attempt to facilitate the dynamic transition from fetal to neonatal physiology. This article outlines the current practices in delivery room management of the neonate. Developments in cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques for term and preterm infants and advances in the areas of cerebra...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Rajani AK,Chitkara R,Halamek LP

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular and molecular basis of congenital heart disease (CHD) is an evolving area of rapid discovery. This article introduced the basic mechanisms underlying cardiac development and CHD in order to permit a clear understanding of current diagnostics and therapeutics and their future development. It is clear that ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Sander TL,Klinkner DB,Tomita-Mitchell A,Mitchell ME

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, much progress has been made in understanding the risk factors and timing of perinatal HIV transmission. Even more impressive have been the successful clinical trials with antiretrovirals, such as ZDV, ZDV-3TC, and nevirapine, that demonstrated significant reductions in the risk for infant infecti...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Fowler MG,Simonds RJ,Roongpisuthipong A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of enuresis has not been studied directly. Positive results from a randomized clinical trial evaluating early intervention for children at risk for enuresis would establish the value of prevention and help to promote its practice. Enuresis is not a disease process, and therefore a clinical trial may never b...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Friman PC

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 6 per cent of poisonings involve alcohols and glycols, reflecting their availability in a wide range of household products, including aftershave, brake fluid, gas line antifreeze, model airplane fuel, mouthwash, rubbing alcohol, and windshield washing solution. Diagnosis involves recognition of an osmolal ga...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Litovitz T

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children who have a dental home are more likely to receive preventative care, require fewer dental treatments, and are less likely to have dental disease. Many children demonstrate behavior management concerns that may impede families from establishing a dental home for their children. Conceptually, behavior concerns ...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Kupzyk S,Allen KD

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine disorders are common in infants in the neonatal ICU. They often are associated with prematurity, low birth weight or very low birth weight, and small size for gestational age. They also frequently occur in infants who are critically ill or stressed. This article describes the most common conditions and curre...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Hyman SJ,Novoa Y,Holzman I

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal deformity is a relatively common disorder, particularly in teenage girls. Early detection is possible by a simple, quick visual inspection that should be a standard part of the routine examination of all preteen and teenage patients. Follow-up observation will reveal those curvatures that are progressive and pe...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Bunnell WP

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately half of children sustain some type of dental injury. Management of injuries to the anterior teeth of preschool children is directed toward minimizing potential damage to the developing permanent teeth; therefore, heroic measures to save primary teeth are not indicated. Crown fractures in the permanent de...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： McTigue DJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infant mortality and morbidity disparities occur between non-Indigenous and Indigenous populations of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. Neonatal mortality is due to high-risk births, which vary according to prevalence of the maternal risk factors of smoking, alcohol consumption, infection, and dis...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Sayers SM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in science and technology have led to the capability of early screening of newborn infants for congenital hypothyroidism. Preliminary screening programs in North America have been established in Quebec and in the Northwestern and Northeastern United States. To date these programs have screened approxim...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Fisher DA

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As new therapies for pediatric asthma are approved by the Food and Drug Administration, clinicians should be aware of their benefits and limitations. Accompanying these therapies are potential obstacles, including the delivery of inhaled therapies and age-specific issues regarding implementation and adherence. New ins...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Anderson WC 3rd,Gleason MC,Miyazawa N,Szefler SJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer in children is rare and accounts for about 1% of all malignancies. In the developed world, however, it is the commonest cause of disease-related deaths in childhood, carrying with it a great economic and emotional cost. Cancers are assumed to be multivariate, multifactorial diseases that occur when a complex an...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Buka I,Koranteng S,Osornio Vargas AR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Table 4 briefly summarizes the relative advantages and disadvantages of skin tests versus in vitro tests for detecting allergen-specific IgE. The skin test remains unexcelled as a sensitive and cost efficient test for specific IgE. The high degree of skin test sensitivity is very important when a patient must be evalu...

journal_title：Pediatric clinics of North America

authors： Ownby DR

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00