Pediatric nurses in pediatricians’ offices: a survey for primary care pediatricians

Preparation for emergencies in the offices of pediatricians and pediatric primary care providers.

High-quality pediatric emergency care can be provided only through the collaborative efforts of many health care professionals and child advocates working together throughout a continuum of care that extends from prevention and the medical home to prehospital care, to emergency department stabilization, to critical care and rehabilitation, and finally to a return to care in the medical home. At...

General pediatricians, pediatric subspecialists, and pediatric primary care.

OBJECTIVE To assess the respective roles of general pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists in the provision of primary pediatric care. DESIGN AND METHODS A practice characteristics questionnaire that included questions about primary care was sent to a random sample of 1616 board-certified and board-eligible active Fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics; 1145 (70.9%) responded. Anal...

Training pediatricians for primary medical care.

Pediatric Vision Screening: some General Knowledge for Pediatricians

Primary vision care is recommended for infants and young children .Childhood is critical time to prevent loss of vision and to optimize treatment so some eye disorders in children must be diagnosed at this time.To detect risk factors and visual abnormalities, the eye screening done by pediatricians and other primary care providers is necessary. The process that should occur at each child visit ...

Infant oral health care: a survey of general dentists, pediatric dentists, and pediatricians in Virginia.

PURPOSE This study's purpose was to examine the current knowledge, attitudes, and experiences related to infant oral health for dental and medical providers in Virginia. METHODS A survey of infant oral health care was sent to: (a) 300 randomly selected general dentists; (b) 300 randomly selected pediatricians; and (c) all pediatric dentists in Virginia. Survey respondents were tabulated, and ...