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• THE EDITORS' PERSPECTIVES

  • ·Children treated with valproic acid have evidence of oxidative stress

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    Robert W. Wilmott

    
  • ·Exchange transfusion for first stroke associated with sickle cell anemia

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    Sarah S. Long, Robert W. Wilmott

    
  • ·Laboratory markers to discriminate between bacterial and viral infections

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    Sarah S. Long

    
  • ·Another indication of immaturity resulting from maternal diabetes

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    Alan H. Jobe

    
  • ·Value of physical examination in severe and complicated malaria

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    Sarah S. Long

    
  • ·Reformulated fluticasone propionate hydofluoralkane inhalation aerosol is safe in pre-school children with asthma

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    Robert W. Wilmott

    
  • ·Gross motor development in preterms

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    Alan H. Jobe

    
  • ·Pancreatic insufficiency in infants with cystic fibrosis

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    Robert W. Wilmott

    
  • ·HIV-specific secretory IgA in breast milk is not associated with protection against HIV transmission

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    Sarah S. Long

    
  • ·Neurofibromatosis and sudden death

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    Stephen R. Daniels

    
  • ·Tdap is not associated with excessive reactogenicity in adolescents who received five prior doses of acellular pertussis vaccine

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    Sarah S. Long

    
  • ·Early referral to avoid late disease

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    Thomas R. Welch

    
  • ·Surfactant in meconium aspiration syndrome

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    Alan H. Jobe

    
  • ·Table of contents

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  • ·Editorial board

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  • ·Guide for Authors

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  • ·Information for Readers

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  • ·Announcements

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• NOTES FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL SCHOOL PEDIATRIC DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, INC.

  • ·A uniform third-year application and offer date for pediatric fellow applicants: Pro and con

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    F. Bruder Stapleton, Samuel E. Lux

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• EDITORIALS

  • ·Recommendation for an adolescent dose of tetanus and diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine: Reassurance for the future

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    Scott A. Halperin

    
  • ·Maternal milk IgA and mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus: Not a silver spoon

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    Rupert Kaul

    
  • ·Variation and “abnormality”: Recognizing the differences

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    Peter Rosenbaum

    
  • ·Asymmetric heads and failure to climb stairs

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    James S. Kemp

    
  • ·Questions in the management of sickle cell

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    Rupa Redding-Lallinger

    
  • ·Emergency department admission decision-making: An opportunity for quality improvement in medical education and practice

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    Paul V. Miles

    

• SPECIAL ARTICLE

  • ·Pediatric workforce: A look at pediatric emergency medicine data from the American Board of Pediatrics

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    Linda A. Althouse, James A. Stockman

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• ORIGINAL ARTICLES

  • ·Safety of reduced-antigen-content tetanus–diphtheria–acellular pertussis vaccine in adolescents as a sixth consecutive dose of acellular pertussis–containing vaccine

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    Fred Zepp, Markus Knuf, Pirmin Habermehl, Wilma Mannhardt-Laakmann, Barbara Howe, Leonard R. Friedland

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  • ·Hiv-specific secretory IgA in breast milk of HIV-positive mothers is not associated with protection against HIV transmission among breast-fed infants

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    Louise Kuhn, Daria Trabattoni, Chipepo Kankasa, Moses Sinkala, Francesca Lissoni, Mrinal Ghosh, Grace Aldrovandi, Don Thea, Mario Clerici

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  • ·Early gross motor development of preterm infants according to the Alberta Infant Motor Scale

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    I.C. van Haastert, L.S. de Vries, P.J.M. Helders, M.J. Jongmans

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  • ·Association between sleep position and early motor Development

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    Annette Majnemer, Ronald G. Barr

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  • ·50 Years ago in The Journal of Pediatrics : Meconium staining of newborn infants

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    Nestor E. Vain

    
  • ·Sudden infant death syndrome: Risk factors for infants found face down differ from other SIDS cases

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    John M.D. Thompson, Bradley T. Thach, David M.O. Becroft, Edwin A. Mitchell, New Zealand Cot Death Study Group

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  • ·Surfactant phosphatidylcholine metabolism in neonates with meconium aspiration syndrome

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    Daphne J. Janssen, Virgilio P. Carnielli, Paola Cogo, Kajsa Bohlin, Aaron Hamvas, Ingrid H. Luijendijk, Jan Erik H. Bunt, Dick Tibboel, Luc J. Zimmermann

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  • ·Immature sucking patterns in infants of mothers with diabetes

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    Ruben Bromiker, Adi Rachamim, Cathy Hammerman, Michael Schimmel, Michael Kaplan, Barbara Medoff-Cooper

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  • ·Association of emergency department care factors with admission and discharge decisions for pediatric patients

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    James M. Chamberlain, Kantilal M. Patel, Murray M. Pollack

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  • ·Genetic and physiologic correlates of longitudinal immunoreactive trypsinogen decline in infants with cystic fibrosis identified through newborn screening

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    Marci K. Sontag, Mary Corey, John E. Hokanson, Julie A. Marshall, Steve S. Sommer, Gary O. Zerbe, Frank J. Accurso

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  • ·Study of a novel pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy in pancreatic insufficient subjects with cystic fibrosis

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    Drucy Borowitz, Christopher H. Goss, Stacey Limauro, Michael W. Konstan, Kathryn Blake, Susan Casey, Alexandra L. Quittner, Frederick T. Murray

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  • ·Efficacy and safety of fluticasone propionate hydrofluoroalkane inhalation aerosol in pre–school-age children with asthma: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

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    Paul Y. Qaqundah, Robert W. Sugerman, Elaina Ceruti, Jorge Fernando Maspero, Joseph F. Kleha, Catherine A. Scott, Wei Wu, Rashmi Mehta, Courtney Crim

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  • ·50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics : The preparation and clinical administration of lyophilized platelet material to children with acute leukemia and aplastic anemia

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    Kathryn Wheeler, William B. Slayton

    
  • ·Progression of left ventricular hypertrophy in children with early chronic kidney disease: 2-year follow-up study

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    Mark M. Mitsnefes, Thomas R. Kimball, Janis Kartal, Sandra A. Witt, Betty J. Glascock, Philip R. Khoury, Stephen R. Daniels

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  • ·Capillary refill time as an independent prognostic indicator in severe and complicated malaria

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    Jennifer A. Evans, Juergen May, Daniel Ansong, Sampson Antwi, Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei, Samuel Blay Nguah, Kingsley Osei-Kwakye, Alex Osei Yaw Akoto, Alex Owusu Ofori, David Sambian, Justice Sylverken, Wibke Busch, Christian Timmann, Tsiri Agbenyega, Rolf D. Horstmann

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  • ·Assessing adrenal function in primary care settings with a single sample subcutaneous glucagon test

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    Michael S. Kappy, Amanda Drake, Dexiang Gao, Rebecca Ratliff

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  • ·50 Years Ago in The Journal of Pediatrics : Bronchial adenoma occurring in childhood: A report of three cases

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    Gary M. Albers

    
  • ·Bilateral anorchia in infancy: Occurence of micropenis and the effect of testosterone treatment

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    D. Zenaty, F. Dijoud, Y. Morel, S. Cabrol, P. Mouriquand, M. Nicolino, C. Bouvatier, G. Pinto, C. Lecointre, C. Pienkowski, S. Soskin, M. Bost, A.M. Bertrand, A. El-Ghoneimi, C. Nihoul-Fekete, J. Léger

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  • ·Oxidative stress in children receiving valproic acid

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    Aspasia Michoulas, Vincent Tong, Xiao Wei Teng, Thomas K.H. Chang, Frank S. Abbott, Kevin Farrell

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  • ·Hearing loss in Turner syndrome

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    Noriko Morimoto, Toshiaki Tanaka, Hidenobu Taiji, Reiko Horikawa, Yasuhiro Naiki, Yuji Morimoto, Nobuko Kawashiro

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• GRAND ROUNDS

  • ·Persistent tachypnea and hypoxia in a 3-month-old term infant

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    Adrienne Prestridge, Jamie Wooldridge, Gail Deutsch, Lisa R. Young, Susan E. Wert, Jeffrey A. Whitsett, Lawrence Nogee

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• CLINICAL AND LABORATORY OBSERVATIONS

  • ·Daytime pulse oximeter measurements do not predict incidence of pain and acute chest syndrome episodes in sickle cell anemia

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    Elizabeth C. Uong, Jessica Henderson Boyd, Michael R. DeBaun

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  • ·Exchange blood transfusion compared with simple transfusion for first overt stroke is associated with a lower risk of subsequent stroke: A retrospective cohort study of 137 children with sickle cell anemia

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    Monica L. Hulbert, Douglas J. Scothorn, Julie A. Panepinto, J. Paul Scott, George R. Buchanan, Sharada Sarnaik, Robert Fallon, Jen-Yih Chu, Winfred Wang, James F. Casella, Linda Resar, Brian Berman, Thomas Adamkiewicz, Lewis L. Hsu, Kimberly Smith-Whitley, Donald Mahoney, Gerald Woods, Masayo Watanabe, Michael R. DeBaun

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  • ·Transaldolase deficiency: A new cause of hydrops fetalis and neonatal multi-organ disease

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    Vassili Valayannopoulos, Nanda M. Verhoeven, Karine Mention, Gajja S. Salomons, Danièle Sommelet, Marie Gonzales, Guy Touati, Pascale de Lonlay, Cornelis Jakobs, Jean-Marie Saudubray

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  • ·Sudden cardiac death in young children with neurofibromatosis type 1

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    Ronald J. Kanter, Matthew Graham, David Fairbrother, S. Victor Smith

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  • ·Comparison of total white blood cell count and serum C-reactive protein levels in confirmed bacterial and viral infections

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    Ville Peltola, Jussi Mertsola, Olli Ruuskanen

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• CURRENT BEST EVIDENCE

  • ·An emergency department–based follow-up clinic can improve asthma outcomes

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    Michael D. Cabana, Shannon M. Thyne

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  • ·Oral ondansetron decreases the need for intravenous fluids in children with gastroenteritis

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    Hans Kersten

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  • ·Use of erythromycin for preterm feeding intolerance needs better assessment of risk

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    Keri Lattimore, Robert Schumacher

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  • ·Caffeine reduces the rate of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very low birth weight infants

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    Eduardo Bancalari

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  • ·Early solid feeding may increase the risk of eczema

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    Robert A. Wood

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  • ·Inhaled corticosteroids do not prevent subsequent development of asthma

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    Diane R. Gold, Anne L. Fuhlbrigge

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• INSIGHTS

  • ·Paralyzed right hemidiaphragm in a newborn infant

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    Colm P.F. O’Donnell, Colin J. Morley

      

• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

  • ·A GnRH analog test in diagnosing gonadotropin deficiency in males with delayed puberty

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    Roberto Lanes

    
  • ·Reply

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    Dyanne Wilson, Paul Hofman, Wayne Cutfield

    
  • ·Early fluid intake and chronic lung disease

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    Thomas E. Young, Diane D. Marshall, Carl L. Bose, T. Michael O’Shea

    
  • ·Reply

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    William Oh, Brenda B. Poindexter, Rebecca Perrit, James A. Lemons, Charles R. Bauer, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Barbara J. Stoll, Kenneth Poole, Linda L. Wright

    
  • ·The tempo of puberty

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    Anastasios Papadimitriou, Andreas Fretzayas, Polyxeni Nicolaidou

    
  • ·Reply

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    Frank M. Biro

    
  • ·Delayed anaphylaxis to walnut following epinephrine administration

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    Todd D. Green, Kricia P. Palmer, A. Wesley Burks

    
  • ·Motor function improvement after intravenous pamidronate in osteoporosis pseudoglioma syndrome

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    Natascia Di Iorgi, Mohamad Maghnie