Nuclear medicine imaging can provide important complementary information in the management of pediatric patients with neurological diseases. Pre-surgical localization of the epileptogenic focus in medically refractory epilepsy patients is the most common indication for nuclear medicine imaging in pediatric neurology. In patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, nuclear medicine imaging is particula...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the current medical school training of internal medicine and pediatric residents in transitioning youth with special health care needs from child-oriented to adult-oriented health care. METHODS: We surveyed internal medicine and pediatric residents to assess their preparedness to transition youth with special health care needs to adult-oriented health care. RESULTS: The sur...

BACKGROUND Although Adolescent Medicine is a pediatric subspecialty, it addresses many issues that differ from other aspects of pediatrics clinical training. The aim of this study was to explore the general experiences of pediatric residents during their rotations in Adolescent Medicine. METHODS Qualitative methods were applied. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with pediat...

Naoki Takeshita1*, Yo Kajiyama1, Yuma Morishita1, Toshiyuki Itoi1, Masaaki Yamagishi2, and Tsugutoshi Suzuki3 Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Nephrology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan; Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kam...

Namık Özbek1, Arzu Yazal Erdem1, Özlem Arman Bilir1, Fatma Karaca Kara2, Mutlu Yüksek3, Neşe Yaralı1, Meltem Özgüner4, Nazmiye Yüksek5, Bahattin Tunç1 1Ankara Children’s Hematology and Oncology Hospital, Clinic of Pediatric Hematology, Ankara, Turkey 2Ankara Children’s Hematology and Oncology Hospital, Clinic of Biochemistry, Ankara, Turkey 3Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Medicine, Departm...

a Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Research, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan b Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan c Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan d Divisi...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Clinical reasoning is a crucial skill for all residents to acquire during their training. During most patient encounters in pediatric emergency medicine, physicians and trainees are challenged by diagnostic, investigative, and treatment uncertainties. The Script Concordance Test may provide a means to assess reasoning skills in the context of uncertainty in the practice of pedia...

Departments of 1Microbiology and Immunology and 2Pediatrics, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis; 3Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Children’s Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany; 4Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; and 5Center...

PURPOSE To assess the training, comfort, and knowledge related to the medical management of child abuse among emergency medicine, family medicine, and pediatric residents. METHOD In 2004, a 25-item survey was distributed to 274 pediatric, emergency medicine, and family medicine residents at two medical schools in Norfolk, Virginia and Dallas, Texas. Analyses focused on identifying differences...

The family history is a critical element in pediatric medicine and represents the gateway to the molecular age of medicine for both pediatric clinicians and their patients. The pediatric clinician has several opportunities to obtain a family history and multiple clinical and educational uses for that information. Available methods include paper and digital forms, classical pedigrees, online pro...