Abstract
Pediatric
feeding disorders are common, especially among developmentally delayed
children. The consequences of having these disorders can be severe: children
could suffer from growth fail...
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- Rafael Firszt
- Barbara Chatfield
- Fadi Asfour
- Catherine McDonald
- Amy Lowichik
Background and Aims: Pediatric patients with cystic
fibrosis (CF) and pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) both
can present with feeding problems which can complicate clinical ca...
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Careful observation while problem solving an
individual case of pediatric eczema using the engineering method led to a
framework by which others could carry out similar environmental problem solvin...
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This case commentary concerns a 3-month old female infant (of parents who were first cousins) who presented with persistent diarrhoea, failure to thrive, and a low lymphocyte count. The topics addr...
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A 4 year old presented to the ED with a mild headache, nausea, and vomiting, and was triaged to the sub-acute area of the department. You are called to the room stat, as the child is now unresponsi...
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You find yourself leading a code pink in L&D, with no pediatricians to be found. You have already moved efficiently through the neonatal resuscitation algorithm, but despite clearing the airway...
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Code pink in labour and delivery, and you are the only doctor in the hospital tonight...
My approach
Call for help. Hopefully the code pink activated the pediatrician already. I like to bring a sec...
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A 2 month old boy is brought into the resus room of your community hospital looking completely blue. The mother rather anxiously states that they have been followed at the large pediatric hospital ...
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In this letter I review evidence showing that the
current definition of asthma as chronic airway inflammation is not
scientifically substantiated. Importantly, this problematic definition is
distra...
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