Pediatrics, Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
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Pediatrics, Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
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Tags: Emergency, Disease and Condition, Children's Health, Emergency Medicine
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:33 am By:
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is caused by a group of RNA viruses called enteroviruses. Learn more about it. http://bit.ly/cX0NBR
Pediatrics, Kawasaki Disease: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Kawasaki disease (KD) (ie, Kawasaki syndrome [KS]) is a febrile illness of childhood. It is a self-limited acute vasculitic syndrome of unknown etiology, first described by Tomisaku Kawasaki in 1967. At that time, he reported 50 ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:55 am By:
Kawasaki disease (KD) (ie, Kawasaki syndrome [KS]) is a febrile illness of childhood whose cause is unknown. Learn more.http://bit.ly/cSlqjA
Pediatrics, Croup or Laryngotracheobronchitis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Laryngotracheobronchitis (ie, croup) is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract that causes varying degrees of airway obstruction.1The disease is most often self-limited, but it occasionally is severe and, rarely, fatal. A barking cough, ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:45 am By:
Laryngotracheobronchitis (ie, croup) is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract. More about symptoms. http://bit.ly/cqtv5R
Pediatrics, Mumps: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: The mumps virus is a paramyxovirus that shares various epidemiological characteristics with other well-known viral pediatric diseases, such as measles and rubella. The disease is distributed worldwide, and paramyxovirus is highly infectious to nonimmune individuals. During ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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The incidence of mumps has markedly declined since the introduction of the mumps vaccine for children. Learn more. http://bit.ly/aQ6mmJ
Pediatrics, Rubella: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Rubella is now rare because of widespread compliance with childhood immunization programs. The disease is usually a benign and inconsequential viral illness unless exposure occurs in utero. Congenital rubella syndrome is associated with clinically significant congenital ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Rubella is now rare because of widespread compliance with childhood immunization programs. Learn causes & symptoms. http://bit.ly/bfcLkq
Pediatrics, Sickle Cell Disease: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder of hemoglobin synthesis. The resulting abnormal hemoglobin causes a normocytic, hemolytic anemia with multiple diversely shaped RBCs that are susceptible to morphologically changing into a sickle shape. These sickled ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:43 am By:
Sickle cell disease is an inherited condition that causes a variety of symptoms as a child ages. Learn more. http://bit.ly/dascm3
Pediatrics, Pharyngitis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Studies in the late 1940s and 1950s showed that penicillin (PCN) therapy for group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) pharyngitis could prevent rheumatic heart disease. The American Heart Association has recommended PCN therapy since 1953, and this ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:38 am By:
Susan Scroggins Active Health Library and Health Advocate
Penicillin is effective at treating pharyngitis, but what causes this condition in children? Learn causes and symptoms. http://bit.ly/9fi6yU
Pediatrics, Bronchiolitis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Bronchiolitis is an acute infectious disease of the lower respiratory tract that occurs primarily in young infants, most often in those aged 2-24 months. Pathophysiology Bronchiolitis is usually due to a viral infection of the small ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:33 am By:
Susan Scroggins Active Health Library and Health Advocate
Bronchiolitis is an acute infectious disease of the lower respiratory tract that occurs primarily in young infants. http://bit.ly/anliUp
Pediatrics, Roseola Infantum: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Roseola infantum is the sixth of the traditional exanthems of childhood. The condition is an acute benign disease of childhood characterized by a history of a prodromal febrile illness lasting approximately 3 days, followed by defervescence ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:31 am By:
Susan Scroggins Active Health Library and Health Advocate
Roseola infantum is the sixth of the traditional exanthems of childhood. Learn about causes and symptoms. http://bit.ly/9YCA3o
Pediatrics, Pneumonia: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Pneumonia and other lower respiratory tract infections are the leading cause of death worldwide. Other respiratory tract diseases such as croup (laryngotracheobronchitis), bronchiolitis, and bronchitis are beyond the scope of this article and are not discussed ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 28, 2010 at 4:23 am By:
Susan Scroggins Active Health Library and Health Advocate
Approximately 150 million new cases of pneumonia occur annually among children younger than 5 years worldwide. http://bit.ly/9eQNE6
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia, and, usually, the disease has a prolonged, gradual onset. M pneumoniae was first isolated in cattle with pleuropneumonia in 1898.In 1938, Reimann described the first cases ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 15, 2010 at 3:44 pm By:
Medscape Emergency Health Site
Macrolide-resistant M pneumoniae has emerged in adult community-acquired pneumonia and pediatric pneumonia. http://bit.ly/cZ02b0
Pediatrics, Gastroenteritis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Though often considered a benign disease, acute gastroenteritis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children around the world, accounting for 1.87 million deaths annually in children younger than 5 years, or roughly 19% ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 8, 2010 at 8:57 pm By:
Medscape Emergency Health Site
A new study validates a scale that determines severity of dehydration in children. See Pediatrics, Gastroenteritis http://bit.ly/cEZx7F
Pediatrics, Reactive Airway Disease: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Not all children who wheeze have asthma. Most children younger than 3 years who wheeze are not predisposed to asthma. Only 30% of infants who wheeze go on to develop asthma. Reactive airway disease has a ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on April 2, 2010 at 9:13 pm By:
Medscape Endocrin Endocrinology
New study shows inhaled beta2-agonist is safe and effective in children <2 years. See eMed's Pediatrics, RAD. http://bit.ly/dfbsjW
Bowel Obstruction in the Newborn: eMedicine Pediatrics: Cardiac Disease and Critical Care Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Bowel obstruction in the newborn is one of the most common newborn surgical emergencies. Successful management of a newborn with a bowel obstruction depends on timely diagnosis and prompt therapy. The diagnosis can usually be made based ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on March 11, 2010 at 10:28 pm By:
Medscape Pediatrics Health Site and Pediatrics
Bowel obstruction in the newborn is one of the most common newborn surgical emergencies. Find out more at http://bit.ly/cCdxGI.
Apnea of Prematurity: eMedicine Pediatrics: Cardiac Disease and Critical Care Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: of the Current State of KnowledgeOur understanding of the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of neonatal breathing has increased in recent years.1, 2, 3, 4 For instance, emerging data are elucidating the genes ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
Most Recently Shared on October 27, 2009 at 9:24 pm By:
Medscape Pediatrics Health Site and Pediatrics
A new study has been incorporated into the treatment section of the eMedicine article Apnea of Prematurity at http://bit.ly/3QcIab
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