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BPD: Complication of prematurity

Despite advances in perinatal care and a steady decline in mortality among preterm infants, preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia is still a challenge to care for children born prematurely.

Cystic fibrosis guidelines for preschool children

New 2016 guidelines recommend multidisciplinary care for young patients with cystic fibrosis.

Asthma and kidney stones linked in children

A collaborative study finds a dramatic association between asthma and nephrolithiasis in childhood.

Pruritic vesicles erupt on a boy's legs

A healthy 12-year-old boy with eczema shows up at the office with an incredibly itchy rash on his legs that has exploded over the last 48 hours. He has a history of dry skin to which his mother regularly applies various moisturizers, including calendula oil.

What's the diagnosis?

More in this issue

LCPUFAs in pregnancy lower child's asthma risk

Meningococcal vaccine might raise risk of Bell's palsy

Two-step egg introduction helps prevent egg allergy

Residency training in psychosocial health

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