Developing a Career in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Comparative Effectiveness Research in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

Comparative-effectiveness research (CER) is a hot topic. There are several definitions for CER, but the Institute ofMedicine defines CER as “the generation and synthesis of evidence that compares the benefits and harms of alternative methods to prevent, diagnose, treat andmonitor a clinical condition or to improve the delivery of care” [1]. Comparative-effectiveness research focuses more on eff...

Curbside Consultations in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

The Pediatric ID Consultant section provides brief reviews of topics relevant to the day-to-day practice of pediatric infectious diseases. The reviews are placed in context by a short vignette, followed by one or more questions which are addressed. Pediatric infectious diseases physicians are often asked by medical colleagues to provide recommendations for management of a patient without the be...

Specialty Grand Challenge In Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Sex Differences in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

The success of the immune response is finely balanced between, on the one hand, the need to engage vigorously with, and clear, certain pathogens; and, on the other, the requirement to minimize immunopathology and autoimmunity. Distinct immune strategies to achieve this balance have evolved in females and males and also in infancy through to adulthood. Sex differences in outcome from a range of ...

Corticosteroids in Infectious Diseases

Accumulated data based on experiences with curtico,teroids in the management uf infectious disea­ses, have proved that they are very dfective and ,afe drugs provided that are administered properly.  The Corticosteroids arc administered mainly be­c,1usc o; antitoxic, antiimflammatory a11d antiallcrgic effects, the cndotoxius are ncuturalized, generalized body reactions are diminished, damaged t...