An 8-year-old boy whose family had recently immigrated from Southeast Asia was brought to the emergency department (ED) with a well-demarcated, pruritic rash that had appeared on his face 6 weeks earlier. ...
Alexander K. C. Leung, MD--Series Editor, and WM. Lane M. Robson, MD
Alexander K. C. Leung, MD--Series Edi...
Mass noted on the right side of newborn's neck. Patient delivered vaginally at term to a G2P1 24-year-old mother following an uncomplicated pregnancy. Apgar scores, 7 and 9 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively....
By MARTHA A. HELLEMS, MD, MS GREGORY F. HAYDEN, MD
By MARTHA A. HELLEMS, MD, MS
GREGORY ...
Influenza affects up to 40% of healthy children each year and carries with it risks of respiratory tract complications, hospitalization and, rarely, death.
Ms Lyons is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner at Hasbro Children’s Hospital Emergency Department in Providence, RI. She is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University School of Nursing in New York and an adjunct professor at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI.
By RACHEL LYONS, MS, RN, CPNP
Ms Lyo...
A 16-year-old girl presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 24-hour history of feeling tired and weak. The patient reported that she awoke that morning with the "worst headache of her...
Dr Messner is a clinical assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville. He is also a member of the divisions of child protection and forensic pediatrics and general pediatrics.
STEPHEN MESSNER, MDDr Messner is a cl...
A 7-year-old girl was referred for evaluation of suspected sexual abuse after a school nurse noticed marks on her neck suggesting "hickeys."
