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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
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NOVEL MOLECULAR AGENTS: TARGETING THE RAS PATHWAY
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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
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IS A RISK FACTOR FOR STRABISMUS
Low birth weight is an independent risk factor for strabismus.
Reuters Health Information 2002
medscape.com/viewarticle/437375?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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