By Santa J. Bartholomew M.D. FAAP, FCCM See Corresponding Case Study: Group A Strep Group A Streptococcus (Streptococcus pyogenes) is an aerobic gram-positive coccus that
The recreational use of drugs, including alcohol, is an underrecognized cause of mortality and morbidity in children and adolescents. It is, in fact, a public
ARDS is an acute lung injury that can be triggered by direct injury to the lung, such as pneumonia, aspiration, near-drowning or burn/smoke injury, trauma
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) is clinically defined as a triad including hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury. This condition causes abnormal vessel wall and
Anemia is a widespread health concern that results from hemoglobin concentration being lower
than the normal expected range, taking into consideration age and sex.
Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) is a brain injury that occurs from impaired oxygen delivery to the brain (hypoxia) or poor blood flow to the brain
Shaken baby syndrome (SBS) is one form of abusive head trauma (AHT). It is a severe form of physical child abuse resulting from the violent
Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Neonate: A baby in utero does not require oxygenation via its lungs; rather, it is oxygenated by maternal respiration and
Diagnostic and minor procedures in children occurring outside the operating suite have increased dramatically in the last 2 decades. With this change it has become
Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is an increasing pressure inside your skull or cranium. The cranium is formed of bone, which does not allow for it
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