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Contemporary Pediatrics, Oct 1, 2009

Editorial

Viewpoint: When is a crisis also an opportunity?

By Julia A. McMillan, MD

An editorial that examines the prominence of pediatric metabolic syndrome over the last few years.

Your Voice

Your Voice: Why not use formula? Plus, thoughts on teaching testicular self-examination

Letters about iron supplementation and testicular self-exam (TSE).

Eye on Washington

A 'scientific' approach to keep kids off drugs

By Kathryn Foxhall

Communities that use science-based approaches to problem behaviors in adolescents, including alcohol and tobacco use, are more likely to see positive results.

A 'scientific' approach to keep kids off drugs

By Kathryn Foxhall

Communities that use science-based approaches to problem behaviors in adolescents, including alcohol and tobacco use, are more likely to see positive results.

Journal Club

Journal Club: TV, TB, and how to say hello

By Michael G. Burke, MD

A review of three articles, about media exposure's link to increased BMI, a better test for tuberculosis, and how parents may be put off if you don't greet them properly.

Dermatology; What's Your Dx?

A perplexing red eruption

By Evelyn Tay, MS IV

A 12-month-old awakens with asymptomatic juicy red papular eruptions on her cheeks. It is diagnosed as Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome.

Puzzler

A four-month-old in respiratory distress

By Paul Mullan, MD , Andrew Steenhoff, MD, MBBCH , Richard Rutstein, MD

A year-old child with a jaundice and respiratory distress is eventually diagnosed with HIV.

Features

CP Links: LGBTQ links

A collection of links for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth, and their parents, friends, and doctors.

Then and Now: Television and children

By Veronica L. Gunn, MD

The tenth in a year-long series of commentary reviewing topics published in Contemporary Pediatrics 25 years ago. This month's article discusses the influence of TV on children and the AAP's current stance on the subject.

Is CRP in neonatal sepsis a helpful marker?

By James L. Wynn, MD , David J. Burchfield, MD , Matthew A. Saxonhouse, MD

A short window of action exists for the newborn with suspected sepsis. With little time and less-than-perfect lab studies, are CRP values the added clue you need to arrive at a diagnosis?

Easier pediatric blood pressure screening

By David Kaelber, MD, PhD, MPH , Andrew J Schuman, MD

Dr. Andrew Schuman recently sat down with Dr. David Kaelber to discuss the implications of his vastly simplified screening tool for pediatric hypertension.

Optimizing primary care for LGBTQ youth

By Nadia Dowshen, MD , Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH

Caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth requires both an understanding of general adolescent cognitive and sexual health development, as well as an awareness of some of the unique medical and social issues these young people may face.

New Products

New Products: Gait trainer, portable office table, and RFID tags

Profiles of a portable table, a pediatric gait trainer, and a software program that uses RFID tags to track nursery infants.

Postscript

Children's author, and children's doctor, too

By Jeff Ryan

Profile of Charoltte Cowan, MD, a pediatrician who has written a series of children's books about common child maladies such as earaches and fevers.