While the number of children and adolescents smoking cigarettes has steeply declined in the United States in recent years, hookah use is growing in popularity in this country.
A 10-year-old boy presented to an allergy and immunology clinic with an 8-month history of daily wheezing and coughing, as well as significant dyspnea after exercise, resulting in exercise limitation.
Lauren Astrug, MD; Michael Baldovsky, DO; Daniel A. Thimann, MD
A 2-year-old girl, born at 30 weeks’ gestation with chronic lung disease, presented to the emergency department (ED) with concerns for constipation. She had been having ball-like stools for the past month.
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Amy L. Gagnon, MD; Kenneth E. Greer, MD; Barbara B. Wilson, MD; Julia G. Gosis, BA, MD
While most eruptions in the diaper area are secondary to an irritant contact dermatitis, the differential diagnosis of diaper dermatitis includes many other inflammatory and infectious skin conditions. ...
Abdelkader Hawasli, MD; Laura Stewart, MD; Hernando Lyons, MD
A 4-year-old boy presented with a 3-week history of intermittent nonbloody diarrhea, nonradiating periumbilical abdominal pain that was relieved by passing stool, and a 1.8-kg weight loss. No vomiting,...
There is excellent evidence-based medicine, known since its inception, that imiquimod has absolutely no effect on warts. Even the manufacturer admits that it should only be used on thin-walled warts...
