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Diagnosis and Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD) in Childhood and Adolescence
When a child's stature raises concern, pediatricians must determine whether there’s actually a problem and – if so – what's behind it.
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Healing from Within: Mind-Body Approaches to Pediatric Anxiety and Depression
Children are increasingly prone to anxiety and depression, with the pandemic and the ubiquity of electronic devices playing roles, as pediatric integrative medicine physician Fatima Barragan, MD, explains in this presentation for primary care providers.
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Meltdowns to Cooldowns: Effective Strategies for Assessing and Treating Disruptive Behaviors
This talk from child and adolescent psychiatrist Josiah Cox, MD, presents steps for efficient yet thorough assessments of youths with behaviors that are negatively impacting their lives
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Navigating Knee Pain in Young Athletes: Identifying Injuries, Making Treatment Plans
Starting with a review of the joint's complex anatomy, this talk from pediatric orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Nirav Pandya, MD, delivers insights on determining urgency and getting to a diagnosis when an active child or teen presents with knee discomfort – whether that's agony or a dull ache.
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Hyperlipidemia in Children: Making Sense of Numbers, Risk Factors and Therapies
This guide from June Tester, MD, MPH, a specialist in pediatric lipid management, offers useful ways to categorize testing results, insights on the potential impact of diet and exercise, notes on which meds are appropriate for kids.
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UCSF Wellness Center's Mission: Full Support and Better Lives for Kids With Chronic Illness
While children with potentially lifelong conditions are living longer than ever, they aren’t necessarily living better – with families often feeling short on hope and long on stress.
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Pediatric Neuroimmunology Update: Pick Up on Common Disorders & Optimize Outcomes
While seen as an adult disease, multiple sclerosis presents before age 18 in up to 10% of patients. Fortunately, prompt identification combined with newer therapies can lessen damage and protect future well-being.
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Enlarged Lymph Nodes: When to Suspect Lymphoma and How to Investigate
While 80 to 90% of peripheral lymphadenopathy in children is benign and self-limited, no clinician wants to miss signs of a malignant process
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Costs and Complications of Pediatric Stroke: Why Early Identification and Intervention Are Priceless
In the U.S., about 3,000 children have a stroke each year. Yet, as pediatric neurologist Christine Fox, MD, MAS, notes, most parents don’t know that kids can have strokes, and more crucially, many pediatric providers are slow to consider stroke as a possible cause of certain symptoms.
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Neurofibromatosis and Schwannomatosis: Identifying Patients and Optimizing Care at Every Age
Neuro-oncologist Brian S. Na, MD, PhD, is dedicated to improving quality of life for patients with NF1 and NF2-related schwannomatosis, complex genetic conditions that vary widely in severity and symptoms.
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Diagnosing and Discussing Cerebral Palsy: A Guide for Pediatric Care Providers
Kade Sigford, MD, who specializes in pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation, offers keys to understanding CP in infants and toddlers, including common misconceptions about the condition and a look at how the current definition is evolving.
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Is it Rheum? A Clinical Approach to Identifying Rheumatologic Disease
Illustrating with case examples, pediatric rheumatologist Nicole Ling, MD, MAS, shows pediatricians how to evaluate kids presenting with a swollen or painful joint – and explains why these aren’t always the same thing.
