Pediatric Health

• Quality of Care for Common Pediatric Respiratory Infections: Shortfalls and Improvements Bronchiolitis, croup and CAP have a tremendous impact on pediatric morbidity, mortality, and healthcare expenditures.
  Pediatric Health, June 01, 2009
• Obesity-Related Nephropathy in Children Rapid catch-up growth, early obesity and insulin resistance are major contributors to the emergence of obesity-related glomerulopathy in children and adolescents.
  Pediatric Health, April 01, 2009
• Pediatric Acute Gastroenteritis: Clinical Assessment, Oral Rehydration and Antiemetic Therapy For these patients, oral rehydration therapy is an intervention that should be initiated with the first signs and symptoms of AGE.
  Pediatric Health, April 01, 2009
• Recent Advances in Diaper Dermatitis: Etiology and Treatment This article discusses the incidence and etiology of diaper dermatitis in infants and adults.
  Pediatric Health, February 01, 2009
• Should Surgery Be Used to Treat the Childhood Obesity Epidemic? The long-term success rate, consequences and risks for the pediatric population are still unknown.
  Pediatric Health, February 01, 2009
• Emergency Treatment of Severely Burned Pediatric Patients Learn about current and emerging therapeutic strategies for the treatment of severely burned pediatric patients in the ED or initial phase of the intensive care unit.
  Pediatric Health, December 01, 2008
• Atopic Dermatitis: a Review of Recent Advances in the Field Topical corticosteroids remain the mainstay of therapy, and should be judiciously utilized.
  Pediatric Health, December 01, 2008
• Congenital Pneumonia Autopsy studies on preterm infants suggest that this condition is grossly under-diagnosed and a common cause of death
  Pediatric Health, October 01, 2008
• Pediatric Asthma, Allergies and Diseases Convincing data indicate that this failure of asthma management is not the result of inadequate therapeutic potential, but instead represents ineffective delivery of medical care
  Pediatric Health, October 01, 2008
• Which Factors Predict Hospital-Acquired Late-Onset Neonatal Sepsis? Although sepsis can also occur in otherwise healthy babies outside the hospital, the etiologies and epidemiology of this condition are different to those of nosocomial late-onset sepsis.
  Pediatric Health, August 01, 2008
• What's New in Newborn Screening? Ongoing program expansions and continuing advances in screening technology and medical care means that today, more than ever, clinicians must be fully informed about newborn screening.
  Pediatric Health, August 01, 2008