PRIMARY CARE PEDIATRICS
Medical Articles and Tips
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treatments and side effects.
Abstracts of Interest for Primary Care Pediatricians from the 1998 APS/SPR Meeting in New Orleans
Acellular Pertussis Vaccine
Acetaminophen Toxicity Nomogram
Acid Base Nomogram
Alternative Medicine and the Internet
Alupent for Wheezy Children
Antibiotic Overuse
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Appendiceal Colic
Asperger's Syndrome
Atopic Dermatitis in Childhood
Bacterial Endocarditis Prevention
Body Piercing and Tattooing in Adolescents
Breast Feeding and Milk Production
Bronchitis in Children
Cholesterol Screening in Children
Celiac Disease - Diagnosis
Colic in Infants
Conjunctivitis in Childhood
Croup Treatment >
Cystic Fibrosis
Cytomegalovirus Infections
Developmental Dysplasia of Hip and Ultrasound
Diarrhea and Antibiotics
Dog Bites in Children
Gastroenteritis: Appropriate rehydration therapy
E. Coli 0157:H7 (Hamburger Disease)
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Fifth Disease - When is it contagious?
Food Irradiation; Are we ready for it?
Fungal Infections of the Toenail in Children
Growing Pains in Children
Growth Charts
CDC USA Growth Charts & Body Mass Index
Heart Sounds and Murmurs (listen to them)
Hepatitis C in Children
Herpes Simplex Transmission in Day Care
H. Pylori in Children
Ibuprofen vs. Acetominophen for fever
Influenza: The next pandemic
Jaundice and Dehydration in the early discharged healthy term newborn
Labial Fusion
Lead Poisoning and Venetian Mini-Blinds
MMR and Autism
Otitis Media Treatment - Update and Revisions
Otitis Media - Delaying Treatment
Otitis Media Treatment - Vaccines
Pacifier Weaning
Penicillin: The drug of choice for treating Group A Strep Infections
Post-Viral Cough - Treatment
Pervasive Development Disorder
Preauricular ear tags
RSV Infections- Predispose to Asthma?
SBE Prophylaxis - Indications and Medications
School return after infections
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Sickle Cell Disease
Stool Toileting Refusal in 4 yr. old
Strabismus in Infants
Swimming and Ear tubes
TB skin tests
Teens out of control
Testing Teens for drugs
Thumb Sucking
Treatment of Resistant Lice
Vaccines and Immunizations - Addressing Parental Concerns
Varicella and the Varicella Vaccine
Viruses, Antibiotics and Physician Confidence
Vital signs in pediatrics
Vitamin D Supplements in Infancy. Are they necessary?
Vulvovaginitis in the Prepubertal Child
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