The latest issue of The American Academy of Pediatrics Grand Rounds contained two articles that are important in keeping parents informed.   J.W. Antoon et al published an article entitled “Influenza Associated Neurologic Complications in Children”. It was reviewed in the October 2021 issue of Grand Rounds and showed that neurologic complications are common in […]

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Looking at my schedule a “new” 18-year-old patient was next. The name seemed familiar.   My office manager said that she had been my patient the first five years of her life but then the family had moved out of state. They recently moved back to this area. The young lady needed some immunizations for […]

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Ten-year-old Brett was brought to the office with a chief complaint of “headache”. Naturally this perked my interest.This could mean so many different things.   When I entered the room he was sitting with mom and looked to be very healthy. I asked him how his summer had been, how he was faring with the […]

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It was around 10:00p.m. when I got the call from the exchange. “My daughter is 16 months old and she has a fever of 101 degrees.   Should I take her to an urgent care or the emergency room?” the distressed mom asked. In 35 years of practice I cannot count how many of these […]

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We all know e-cigarettes are safer than regular tobacco use. But can it lead to marijuana use? //How harmful is it if I am a regular marijuana user and am breast feeding my baby?   ADOLESCENT E-CIGARETTE, HOOKAH AND CONVENTIONAL CIGARETTE USE AND SUBSEQUENT MARIJUANA USE Janet Audrain-McGovern, PhD, et al.. PEDIATRICS Vol. 142, No […]

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