WHEN a textbook reaches seven editions in fifteen years and is translated into two European laniguages it is clearly filling a place in the needs of the medical profession. The reason for this is its comprehensive approach to emergencies in medicine, paediatrics, medical obstetric problems, tropical diseases and in other associated specialties. A great deal of useful advice is given in medical ...

Pulmonary hemorrhage is infrequently encountered in pediatrics. It can occur in isolation or in association with an underlying condition. We report a case of diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage as a presenting syndrome of HIV disease.

Chief, Division of General Pediatrics, Department PediatricsAurora, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Distinguished Professor David Geffen School Medicine at UCLA, Torrance, California ELSEVIER PHILADELPHIA LONDON TORONTO MONTREAL SYDNEY TOKYO

Sickle cell disease (SCD), the most common genetic disease screened for in the newborn period, occurs in ∼1 in 2400 newborns in the general population and 1 in 400 individuals of African descent in the United States. Despite the relative high prevalence and low pediatric mortality rate of SCD when compared with other genetic diseases or chronic diseases in pediatrics, few evidence-based guideli...