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Contemporary Pediatrics, May 1, 2009

Editorial

Viewpoint: The hard work of answering questions

By Julia A. McMillan, MD

Editorial about what ultimately physicians must base thier decisions upon, as not all procedures are successfully evidence based.

Your Voice

Your Voice: Hidden toddler iron deficiency: A public health emergency

By Alvin N. Eden, MD , Marc S. Jacobson, MD , Abraham Jelin, MD , Toba Weistein, MD , Michael J. Pettei, MD

Iron deficiency (ID) is the most common nutritional deficiency in the US, too high by far in toddlers

Dermatology; What's Your Dx?

Dermcase: A positive Band-Aid sign in a toddler

By Bernard A. Cohen, MD

A toddler comes into the office with a hemorrhagic red papule.

Puzzler

Mystery: An infant with failure to thrive and vomiting

By Kelly Wright, MD

An infant with failure to thrive and vomiting is eventually diagnosed with hypertrophic, dilated bladder and bilateral hydronephrosis.

Features

Then and Now: Viruses that pay a summer visit

By Caroline Breese Hall, MD

A review of viruses that are prevalent and plague children in the summertime.

OME and Child Development: Rethinking Management (CME)

By Heidi M. Feldman, MD, PhD , Jack L. Paradise

A landmark study on middle-ear effusion (MEE) challenges long-held assumptions about the effects of MEE on child development and what the appropriate treatment course should be.

Otitis media with effusion (OME) and child development: Rethinking management

By Heidi M. Feldman, MD, PhD , Jack L. Paradise

A CME article on otitis media and MEE and its implications on hearing loss in children.

Baby bottles: A pictorial history

By Tomas Tomanek, MD

A retrospective look at the origins of nursing bottles is further proof that necessity is indeed the mother of invention.

Practice Management

Using the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) in the pediatrician's office

By Michael S. Jellinek, MD , J. Michael Murphy, EdD , Gwyne W. White, BA

The goal of the pediatric symptom checklist is to help pediatric primary care physicians improve their recognition of kids who have psychosocial dysfunction.

Journal Club

Journal Club: baby crying, HPV prevention in boys, and when to teach swimming

By Michael G. Burke, MD

This month looks at a studies about testing babies who cry often, how circumcision can help prevent herpes and HPV in boys, if swimming lessons for 1- to 4-year-olds reduce drowning risks, and SIDS.

Postscript

Call for Photos contest winners!

By Contemporary Pediatrics Staff

There were many good entries for our 2008 contest, maing the judges' job a difficult one.