Syncope for the General Pediatrician

Chronic Kidney Disease: Highlights for the General Pediatrician

Chronic kidney disease in the pediatric population has been increasing. Early detection and treatment can slow down the progression of kidney disease and help prevent the development of end stage renal disease. In addition, as the kidney function declines, there are many pathophysiologic interactions with other organ systems that need to be monitored and treated. In particular, because of impai...

The academic general pediatrician: is the species still endangered?

OBJECTIVE To determine the careers of graduates of the General Pediatrics Academic Development Program (GPADP) and the pediatricians from the Clinical Scholars (CS) Program 8 to 16 years after completion of their fellowship to assess the current state of the academic general pediatrician and to determine the current activities of divisions of General Pediatrics in US medical schools. DESIGN A...

The Real MVP in Youth Sports-the General Pediatrician.

Psychiatry for the Pediatrician

In the practice of Pediatrics one may erroneously look for answers to childhood behavior disorders which are direct and concise. For instance, what is the treatment of temper tantrums, feeding problems, enuresis, etc.? But there can be no such outline for the ready solution of behavior and psychiatric problems, for each is a problemn unto itself. With this book as a "primer," however, the physi...

Meaningful use for the pediatrician.

it seems that every other week something is new in our medical offices; we are bombarded from all directions. Insurance claims, electronic health records (EHRs), medical boards, hospital privileges—change has become the norm and medicine has become a moving target. Meaningful Use, through its application to EHRs, hopefully has the potential to drastically change how we practice medicine in the ...