pediatrics

Case Series

Efficacy of Dehydrated Human Amniotic Membrane Allograft for the Treatment of Severe Extravasation Injuries in Preterm Neonates

08/01/2018

Vita Boyar

Colleen Galiczewski

This case series of 4 neonatal patients describes the experience and efficacy of using a dehydrated human amniotic membrane allograft (dHAMA) in the treatment of severe extravasation injuries.

This case series of 4 neonatal...

08/01/2018

Wounds

Podcasts

Why Does Autism Affect Boys and Girls So Differently?

07/31/2018

Dr Chiara Manzini, from the George Washington University Institute for Neuroscience, shares insight from her research into the physiologic and genetic mechanisms behind why neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism are more prevalent in the...

Dr Chiara Manzini, from the...

07/31/2018

Neurology

News

AAN Issues New Guidelines on Treating Tics in Tourette Syndrome

05/06/2018

The American Academy of Neurology has issued new guidelines on the treatment of tics in people with Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorders.

The American Academy of...

05/06/2018

Neurology

An Infant With Scoliosis: Is It Idiopathic?

10/12/2017

A 15-month-old girl presented to our clinic for a well-child visit. She had been born at term and had been discharged home after 3 days.

A 15-month-old girl presented to...

10/12/2017

Neurology

Quiz

Pop Quiz: Screening Children for NAFLD

07/15/2017

Current guidelines suggest screening children with obesity for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Do you know at which age children should begin screening?

Current guidelines suggest...

07/15/2017

Gastroenterology

News

5 Questions on How TV Impacts Children’s Sleep

05/09/2016

A recent study showed that children who watch more TV and have TVs in their bedrooms have a shorter and poorer quality of sleep. In this Q&A, Rebecca M.C. Spencer, PhD, from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, explains how her research...

A recent study showed that...

05/09/2016

Neurology

News

Genetic Childhood BMI Affects MS Risk

03/26/2016

Researchers have provided an update on the causal estimates for the effects of adult body mass index (BMI), childhood BMI, and vitamin D status on multiple sclerosis risk. Learn more about the update.

Researchers have provided an...

03/26/2016

Neurology

Pediatric Neurology: Format for Investigating Acute Onset of Weakness

08/23/2014

Author: Alan K. Percy, MD Baylor College of Medicine Citation: Percy AK. Pediatric neurology: format for investigating acute onset of weakness. Consultant. 1985;25(10):55-70.

Author: Alan K. Percy, MD Baylor...

08/23/2014

Neurology

Original Research

Leptin, Ghrelin, and Adiponectin in the Metabolic Adjustment to Burn Injury in Children

06/09/2014

Omer Bar-Yosef

Josef Haik

Ohad Hilly

Ran Levy

Ori Efrati

Yoram Bujanover