Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: Are 3 Doses Equal to 4 Doses? 1 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm

Is There an Association Between Physical Punishment in Childhood and Physical Health in Adulthood? 1 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm

The ONE Step Initiative: Quality Improvement in a Pediatric Clinic for Secondhand Smoke Reduction 1 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Although comprehensive smoking counseling to limit secondhand smoke (SHS) is widely endorsed, it is often not done. Published evaluations of brief and practical systems that...

Improving Screening for Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes at a Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Program 1 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm

OBJECTIVE: Despite guidelines recommending an annual oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) for all patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) aged ≥10 years, screening rates for cystic fibrosis–related diabetes...

The Internet, Adolescent Males, and Homemade Blowgun Darts: A Recipe for Foreign Body Aspiration 1 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm

We describe our experience with blowgun dart aspiration via an illustrative case series and review the resources available to teach children how to construct these objects. A 15-year-old boy presented...

Traumatic Eye Injuries From Collapsible Wire Laundry Hampers 1 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm

Two patients presented to the University of Illinois at Chicago Eye and Ear Infirmary within 1 year with penetrating eye injuries caused by similar collapsible cloth and wire laundry hampers. Penetrat...

Successful Treatment of Refractory Autoimmune Hepatitis With Rituximab 1 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm

Autoimmune hepatitis is a severe liver disease in which ~10% of patients do not respond to standard treatment. We describe a new rescue therapy using anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies (rituximab). Compl...

Acute Kernicterus in a Neonate With O/B Blood Group Incompatibility and a Mutation in SLC4A1 1 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm

We cared for a term female newborn, who at 108 hours of age, with a total serum bilirubin of 15.4 mg/dL, was discharged from the hospital on home phototherapy. At a return appointment 44 hours later, ...

Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy in an Infant With an Adrenocortical Tumor 1 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm

Nonfamilial cardiomyopathies in childhood have been only sporadically ascribed to endocrine disorders. We report on a 4-month-old male infant presenting with Cushing’s syndrome associated with excessi...

Combined Pulmonary Hypertension and Renal Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Cobalamin C Deficiency 1 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and renal thrombotic microangiopathy (rTMA) are rare diseases in childhood, frequently leading to death and end-stage renal disease, respectively. Their combined ...