Early identification of children with developmental delays is important in the primary care setting. The pediatrician is the best-informed professional with whom many families have contact during the first 5 years of a child’s life. Parents look to the pediatrician to be the expert not only on childhood illnesses but also on development. Early intervention services for children from birth to 3 ...

Early identification of children with developmental delays is important in the primary care setting. The pediatrician is the best-informed professional with whom many families have contact during the first 5 years of a child’s life. Parents look to the pediatrician to be the expert not only on childhood illnesses but also on development. Early intervention services for children from birth to 3 ...

Early identification of children with developmental delays is important in the primary care setting. The pediatrician is the best-informed professional with whom many families have contact during the first 5 years of a child’s life. Parents look to the pediatrician to be the expert not only on childhood illnesses but also on development. Early intervention services for children from birth to 3 ...

Pediatrician. Specialist in Pediatric Intensive Care, Assistant Doctor in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Pronto Socorro Infantil Sabará, São Paulo SP, Brazil; Pediatrician. Specialist in Pediatric Intensive Care, Dean of Pronto Socorro Infantil Sabará, São Paulo SP, Brazil; Pediatrician. PhD in Pediatrics, Head of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Pronto Socorro Infantil Sabará and Hospita...

BACKGROUND Although many efforts have been made to improve the quality of care delivered to children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in community-based pediatric settings, little is known about typical ADHD care in these settings other than rates garnered through pediatrician self-report. METHODS Rates of evidence-based ADHD care and sources of variability (practice-level...

from the hospital. The pediatrician represents the child and his family and should be an active participant in all major discussions concerning the child. He decides when and to whom the patient should be referred for evaluation. He often initiates therapy, particularly in urgent situations. He should not decide when specialized diagnostic procedures are to be performed nor should he determine ...

Emily (all names and identifiers have been changed to protect confidentiality) was a 7-year-old girl seen by her pediatrician for a routine annual examination. Although Emily had voiced no complaints, her mother had noted that she had appeared paler than usual. Upon physical examination, her pediatrician noted a nontender palpable mass in the child’s stomach, leading him to order an abdominal u...

BACKGROUND The pediatric diabetes team aims to support health, quality of life, and normal growth and development among adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Adolescents with an immigrant background have been found less successful in self-care. Previous research indicated that adolescents who had integrated the disease as a part of their self-image reasoned differently about their self-car...