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Health in Pregnancy and Impacts on Childhood Development

With unintended pregnancies on the rise and patients commonly failing to receive early neonatal care, it's more crucial than ever to understand the disorders that call for prompt evaluation and guidance from specialists.

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Liver Transplantation: Indication, Allocation, and Inequity

Pediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist Sharad I. Wadhwani, MD, MPH, reviews liver transplant indications and evaluation steps, explores current issues around risk scoring and organ distribution systems, and elucidates immediate ...

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Examining Medical Traumatic Stress Through the Lens of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Medical traumatic stress is common, especially in children with pediatric-onset disorders, such as inflammatory bowel disease, explains gastroenterologist Addison Cuneo, MD, and many even meet the criteria for PTSD.

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The Latest and Greatest in the Management of Pediatric Obesity- A Look at Incretin-based Therapies and Bariatric Surgery

With obesity affecting 1 in 3 U.S. kids (and comorbidities another looming threat), primary care providers need to understand the causes, the diagnostic process, and the reasons they shouldn’t delay starting treatment in young patients.

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Pediatric Abdominal Pain

Chronic abdominal pain is common in children, often keeping them out of school and affecting their quality of life. Fortunately, explains pediatric gastroenterologist Vivien Nguyen, MD, diagnosing DGBIs has become more straightforward, ...

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From Regurgitation to Constipation: How to Navigate Motility Issues in Pediatrics

Pediatricians see patients for motility concerns every day and need efficient paths to making diagnoses and treatment decisions

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Sounds of Success: Pediatric Audiology and Speech/Language Pathology Perspectives

Audiology specialists at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals offer this presentation to help pediatricians ensure that babies and toddlers not only are screened for hearing issues but receive the timely follow-up that can make a world of ...

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Care of Transgender & Gender Diverse Youth

Laying the groundwork for a better understanding of gender incongruence, pediatric endocrinologist Abby Walch, MD, discusses the latest evidence on factors that contribute to individual gender identity as well as causes of gender dysphoria.

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Contraception: What's New and Some to Review

This thorough guide from obstetrician and gynecologist Sloane Berger-Chen, MD, includes resources, graphics and advice about having helpful conversations with patients on pregnancy prevention along with covering key factors – ranging from ...

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Tender Knees: Keys to Identifying the Causes of Knee Pain in Children

Pediatric orthopedic surgeon Nirav Pandya, MD, presents secrets to speedy diagnosis of kids’ knee pain, covering the most common conditions and explaining which questions to ask for a useful history, how to characterize the discomfort, ...

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Treatment of Medication Resistant Epilepsy

Despite numerous new drugs developed over the last 30 years, medications alone aren’t enough to control seizures in one-third of patients with epilepsy.

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Anemia In Patients

Focusing on the anemias most often seen in primary care, pediatric hematologist Shreya Agarwal, MD, breaks down the diagnostic process – with insights on what's normal versus abnormal in patients ranging from newborns to teenagers.

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Syncope

A sudden, brief loss of consciousness is a fairly common event in children, frightening to parents but typically not a cause for medical alarm.

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Electrophysiology for the Primary Care Providers

This talk from pediatric electrophysiologist Karyn M. Austin, MD, PhD, looks at the mechanisms behind rhythm disturbances in young patients with structurally normal hearts.