Contemporary Pediatrics Newsletter

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Paradigm shift on peanut introduction tough to swallows

Research shows that many pediatricians don’t use or don’t understand the newest guidelines on early introduction of peanut-containing foods.

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LGBT teens and suicide risk: How you can help

The teenaged years are difficult across the board, but a report highlights the additional challenges for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) adolescents and calls to attention their increased risk for suicide attempts.

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Persistent pruritic rash in an 8-year-old boy

An 8-year-old boy is brought to the office for evaluation of a persistent itchy rash on his extremities, trunk, and face. Although the rash has been present for longer than 3 months, individual skin lesions change from hour to hour and occasionally the rash clears completely only to recur several hours later. He is otherwise healthy with no known allergies, changes in diet, medication use, or recent illness.

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New on Medgizmos: Turn your analog stethoscope digital. Apple Watch EKG. In office Lyme serology. New tech for vision screening

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CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS VIDEO

How did prescription guidelines for pneumonia change behaviors?

For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara discusses a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics that examined how well children's and non-children's hospitals adopted the 2011 guidelines for prescriptions written for community-acquired pneumonia treatment.

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