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Troublesome Autism Behaviors: Management Techniques to Help the Whole Family
Acknowledging the challenges of diagnosing autism, pediatric neurologist Jennifer Martelle Tu, MD, PhD, provides clarity on the criteria, then discusses common issues – including digestive, sleep and aggression problems – and which treatments help. Plus: new information on ADHD symptoms in kids with autism.
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Getting to the Heart of Pediatric COVID: Risks and Signs of Cardiac Issues
UCSF pediatric cardiologist Kishor Avasarala, MD, discusses how pediatricians can ensure appropriate cardiac care for children infected with COVID-19.
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Skip Surgery for Appendicitis? When and Why It Can Work
While surgery cures an inflamed appendix, some children do well on medical management. This case-based presentation by pediatric surgeon Aaron R. Jensen, MD, MEd, MS, clarifies which patients are candidates for nonoperative plans, factors in the decision-making process, and the pluses and minuses of delaying surgery – or not doing it at all.
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Tippi, Elliott and Elianna’s Story: Little Girl Thrives After Fetal Stem Cell Transplant: Part 2
Working with a team of more than 100 UCSF specialists, Tippi MacKenzie, MD, and Elliott Vichinsky, MD, are leading work to bring cutting edge therapies to patients with genetic blood disorders.
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Tippi and Elianna’s Story: Stopping a Fatal Blood Disease Before Birth: Part 1
Tippi MacKenzie, MD, is stopping disease before it starts in the womb. In 2017, she launched the world's first clinical trial of an in-utero stem cell transplant therapy. Her first patient, baby Elianna, was born just four months later.
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Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Little Hole With Big Consequences
Specialists with the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center share the latest on prenatal techniques for detecting, evaluating and treating diaphragmatic hernias to optimize lung development and prevent deadly pulmonary hypertension. They also present intensive care strategies for newborns and long-term developmental care plans for kids.
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Pediatric IBD Update: What Primary Care Doctors Need to Know
Sabina Ali, MD, an expert in pediatric IBD, provides a short yet thorough rundown on this progressive disease, including very-early-onset IBD.
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Hearing the Young Heart: A Lesson on Pediatric Murmurs
Pediatric cardiologist Michael Brooks clarifies how to distinguish worrisome murmurs from harmless ones, and offers a simple grading method and specific listening tips.
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From Knees to Toes: Navigating Lower Extremity Pain in Active Young Patients
Athletic kids often need care for pain in the knee, ankle or another part of the lower leg – but when is it worthy of imaging tests or referral?
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Common Problems in Pediatric Urology: Emergency & When to Refer?
This case-based presentation by UCSF Chief of Pediatric Urology Laurence S. Baskin, MD, provides clarity on which conditions are emergencies that need specialty care.
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Seeing and Safeguarding the Brain: Advances in Care for Pediatric Epilepsy
New techniques have not only made treating seizures safer but can help kids understand what’s happening in their own brains. Pediatric neurosurgeon Kurtis Auguste, MD, discusses using the latest tools to localize seizure foci, plan and perform procedures, and educate patients.
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Head Shape
Pediatric Neurosurgeon Dr. Peter Sun and Nurse Practitioner Rebecca Silvers review what normal infant skull anatomy and biology looks like, and discuss the characteristic and causes of abnormal headshape.
