Mom brought five-year-old Braden to the office for a sick visit. He had a fever that started two days ago and now had a headache, nausea and abdominal pain. What prompted today’s visit was a rash on his trunk. Mom said she had just assumed he had the flu. She had been treating him […]
Read More →February 2024 Although I have retired from my clinical practice I will continue to author informative articles for THE INFORMED PARENT. An article that appeared in JAMA, Association Between Earlier Introduction of Peanut and Prevalence of Peanut Allergy in Infants in Australia by V. Soriano, et al, 2022; 328 (1): 48-56 gave the […]
Read More →I was on call recently and had a couple of late night phone calls about fever. In both instances the parents were concerned that their child was shivering noticeably and seemed pale. After explaining fever and shivering it seemed like a good topic to discuss here. When one gets a viral or bacterial […]
Read More →September 2022 SLEEP DURATION AND KINDERGARTEN ADJUSTMENT By Douglas M. Teti, PhD, et al.PEDIATRICS, Vol. 150, Nu. 2, August 2022, pg. 46 It is no surprise reading this article that promotes 10 hours of sleep for any kinder child. Despite this there are a number of children attending kindergarten who essentially are sleep […]
Read More →The April 2022 edition of the American Academy of Pediatrics News featured an up-to-date and very informative article. REMDESIVIR, NIRMATRELVIR-RITONAVIR, BARICITINIB CAN BE USED TO TREAT COVID-19 IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS by Ashley Stark, M.D. M.S., FAAP, wrote about discussing medications for the treatment of Covid-19 in children. These medications have been granted emergency use […]
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