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AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 97TH ANNUAL MEETING
Read Medscape's coverage of the AUA meeting, highlighting advances in pediatric
urology, BPH, and much more.
medscape.com/viewprogram/1901?srcmp=ped-062802
PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT OF ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER IN CHILDREN
A comprehensive review of the pharmacologic agents currently available for the
treatment and management of children with ADHD.
medscape.com/viewprogram/1927?srcmp=ped-062802
PHARMACOKINETIC AND PHARMACODYNAMIC EVALUATION OF TWO DOSING REGIMENS FOR
PIPERACILLIN-TAZOBACTAM
Which regimen is the best option for treating Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection?
Pharmacotherapy 22(5) 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/434368?srcmp=ped-062802
NOVEL MOLECULAR AGENTS: TARGETING THE RAS PATHWAY
Gain new clinical insights into farnesyltransferase inhibitors
and MEK inhibitors and their effects on tumor proliferation.
Review early clinical data in "Novel Agents: Targeting the RAS
Pathway," featured in the "Targeted Therapies in Cancer"
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COXSACKIEVIRUS NOT TIED TO CARDIOMYOPATHY IN CHILDREN WITH HIV
Coxsackievirus appears not to play a role in cardiomyopathy in children with
HIV-1 infection.
Reuters Health Information 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437140?srcmp=ped-062802
CUTANEOUS MELANOMA IN CHILDREN REQUIRES EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for melanoma when assessing
melanocytic skin lesions in pediatric patients in order to improve survival
through early treatment.
Reuters Health Information 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437296?srcmp=ped-062802
ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION LINKED TO JUVENILE-ONSET DIABETES
Most newly diagnosed children with type-1 diabetes have enterovirus RNA in their
blood cells, suggesting that viral infection may contribute to the development
of diabetes.
Reuters Health Information 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437247?srcmp=ped-062802
HSF4 MUTATION APPEARS TO CAUSE CHILDHOOD-ONSET CATARACTS
Mutations in the gene encoding heat shock factor 4 appear to be responsible for
several phenotypes of childhood onset cataracts.
Reuters Health Information 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437124?srcmp=ped-062802
NEBULIZED BUDESONIDE HELPFUL IN YOUNG ASTHMATIC CHILDREN
Inhalation of nebulized budesonide appears to be a useful therapeutic approach
in the management of young children with moderate persistent asthma.
Reuters Health Information 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437294?srcmp=ped-062802
NEW GUIDELINES FOR NEONATAL NEUROIMAGING
New guidelines for neonatal neuroimaging recommend that infants born at less
than 30 weeks' gestation receive screening cranial ultrasound between days 7 and
14.
Medscape Medical News 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437105?srcmp=ped-062802
OLIGOSACCHARIDES ADDED TO PRETERM FORMULA PROMOTE BALANCED GUT MICROFLORA
Supplementing preterm bovine milk formula with an oligosaccharide mixture
similar to that found in human milk stimulates the growth of intestinal
bifidobacteria in preterm infants.
Reuters Health Information 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437158?srcmp=ped-062802
PHASE III RESULTS FIND PERAMIVIR INEFFECTIVE AGAINST INFLUENZA
Initial data analysis from a phase III trial showed no statistically significant
difference between placebo and peramivir, an oral neuraminidase inhibitor
designed to treat and prevent influenza types A and B.
Reuters Health Information 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437253?srcmp=ped-062802
PLASMA-MEDIATED ABLATION NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PEDIATRIC TONSILLECTOMY
A comparison of plasma-mediated ablation (PMA) with monopolar electrosurgery (MES)
shows that PMA takes longer to perform, does not result in shorter recovery time
and is associated with more complications than MES.
Reuters Health Information 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437286?srcmp=ped-062802
RSV IMMUNE GLOBULIN IN HIGH-RISK INFANTS IMPROVES RESPIRATORY STATUS YEARS LATER
Treating infants who have bronchopulmonary dysplasia or chronic lung disease
with respiratory syncytial virus immune globulin results in improved pulmonary
function and reduced prevalence of atopy up to a decade later.
Reuters Health Information 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437137?srcmp=ped-062802
TICS DUE TO ATTENTION DISORDER, NOT DRUG TREATMENT
For many years, researchers and parents have questioned whether
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs, such as Ritalin, might be
the cause of tics that sometimes develop in children with ADHD.
Reuters Health Information 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437254?srcmp=ped-062802
TEENS WITH EATING DISORDERS MAY HAVE HIGHER RISK OF MORBIDITY IN ADULTHOOD
Adolescents with eating disorders appear to have an increased risk of developing
physical and mental health problems during early adulthood.
Reuters Health Information 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437127?srcmp=ped-062802
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