Charles,an active 8-year-old boy, was playing and sustained a 3 inch laceration of his mid forearmwhile climbing over a chain link fence trying to retrieve a ball. Mom cleaned and covered it, and brought him to our office. It was a deep clean cutresembling one made with a scalpel. After numbing the area well, […]
Read More →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 […]
Read More →I was on call Thanksgiving Day and got an interesting call at around 11 PM. The exchange/call service called me and said that Mrs X. was waiting on the line and wouldn’t say what the problem was, could they “put her through”. When we were connected, she first of all apologized for the call, that […]
Read More →Eighteen-month-olds who pass screening for autism spectrum disorder may later be diagnosed with ASD. CLINICAL FEATURES OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM WHO PASSED 18-MONTH SCREENING by Roald A. Oien, MA, et al. Pediatrics, vol. 141 nu. 6, June 2018, article 23 This is a good article showing that screening for autism at 18 months may […]
Read More →My baby is constipated, exhibits pain in his abdomen, and looks pale to me. Can I give him a laxative? One recent night when I was on call I received a phone call from a mom regarding her one year old son. With no sense of urgency in her voice she apologized for calling […]
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