HIGH-YIELD FACTS Print Section Listen New-onset heart failure may be difficult to diagnose in children, as symptoms closely mimic common respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses, or even sepsis, diverting attention from…
HIGH-YIELD FACTS Print Section Listen Older children with pericarditis most often present with chest pain in combination with other symptoms. Fever, tachycardia, friction rub, and electrocardiographic changes may be noted….
HIGH-YIELD FACTS Print Section Listen The greatest risk factor for thromboembolic disease in children is an indwelling central venous catheter. Disease patterns for pulmonary embolism in children and adolescents are…
HIGH-YIELD FACTS Print Section Listen If an initial oscillometric (automated) blood pressure measurement is abnormal, the initial measurement should be discarded and two additional oscillometric measurements obtained. If the average…
HIGH-YIELD FACTS Print Section Listen Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common life-limiting autosomal recessive disease among Caucasians in the United States. Most patients with CF have the classic triad…
HIGH-YIELD FACTS Print Section Listen Bronchiolitis is a self-limited, virally mediated, acute inflammatory disease of the lower respiratory tract, resulting in obstruction of the small airways that occurs almost exclusively…
HIGH-YIELD FACTS Print Section Listen The most common cause of acute upper airway obstruction is croup. Other causes include epiglottitis, foreign-body obstruction, peritonsillar abscess, bacterial tracheitis, and retropharyngeal abscess. Upper…
