A 13-year-old boy with a history of chronic atopic dermatitis, which had mainly affected the antecubital and popliteal areas, presented with a diffuse papular eruption in the lower abdomen that had...
A 30-day old infant was transferred to a children’s hospital. He had been born at 32 weeks’ gestation and arrived having never been fed, on total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and intravenous lipid emulsion...
A 5-week-old girl with an uncomplicated birth history presented to a pediatric emergency department with concern for swelling of her right leg. There had been no known traumatic event.
L. Michelle Seawright, DO, Clifford Madsen, DO, and B. Chance Gentry, MD
L. Michelle Seawright, DO, Clifford Madsen, DO, and B. Chance Gentry, MD
A 1-month-old boy presented to the clinic for a routine well-child visit. His mother brought up no concerns, but on physical examination, a soft, fleshy mass was noted to be protruding from the boy’s...
Breastfeeding offers children a number of long-lasting health effects such as a lower risk of developing respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, and otitis media.
A boy aged 2 years and 9 months was admitted to a hospital’s pediatric unit with a chief concern of difficulty breathing, which had started a few weeks ago.
Hunter syndrome, or mucopolysaccharidosis II, is a genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of iduronate 2-sulfatase (I2S), an enzyme involved in the breakdown of mucopolysaccharides.
To the Editor: I enjoy reading your journal, but I find one aspect particularly irksome. I am referring to your insistence on using only generic names for commonly used drugs.
