Brian Eble, MD, shares his journey into pediatric cardiology, emphasizing the profound impact of teamwork in saving children’s lives. Reflecting on advancements in treating sudden cardiac events, congenital…
Beth A. Vogt, MD discusses Post-infectious Glomerulonephritis (GN), often following strep infections, affects children aged 5-15. Symptoms typically emerge 7-14 days post-infection and include cola-colored urine, edema, hypertension,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term, continuous enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with alglucerase or imiglucerase in children with Gaucher disease type 1 normalizes linear growth, enhances bone mineralization,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the initial evaluation of elevated blood pressure in children, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a highly cost-effective means of differentiating stage…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Surgical repair of pectus excavatum can dramatically improve body image as well as physical and psychosocial functioning, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The incidence of infantile hemangiomas has grown in recent years, with low birth weight the leading risk factor driving the increase, new study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a randomized, controlled long-term study of children with idiopathic short stature who were not growth hormone (GH) deficient, GH treatment, started as…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children aged 6 to 11 years with inadequately controlled allergic asthma, adding the anti-IgE monoclonal antibody omalizumab (Xolair; Novartis) to optimized treatment…
Two physicians from Seattle Children’s Hospital – Dr. Thomas Hansen, CEO, and Dr. Craig Rubens, Director of the Research Center for Microbial Pathogenesis – discuss the increasing incidence…
Dr. Doug Hawkins, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Seattle Children’s Hospital, discusses the use of fluorodeoxyglucose PET imaging in measuring patients’ responses to chemotherapy. References and Resources Berkowitz…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to widespread recommendations, early consumption of peanuts in infancy is associated with a low prevalence of peanut allergy, results of a study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children at heightened risk for atopy, common childhood immunization is not associated with an increased risk of more severe eczema or allergic…
