Over the past decades, the role of exercise training in rheumatic diseases has been largely explored. Currently, physical activity is well known to benefit patients with osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, idiopathic inflammatory myopathy, fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. Therefore, exercise training has been considered a valuable tool for treat...

The evaluation and treatment of the heterogeneous group of kidney diseases poses a challenging field in pediatrics. Many of the pediatric disorders resulting in severe renal affection are exceedingly rare and therapeutic approaches have remained symptomatic for most of these disease entities. The insights obtained from cellular and molecular studies of rare disorders by recent genetic studies h...

Nuclear medicine imaging can provide important complementary information in the management of pediatric patients with neurological diseases. Pre-surgical localization of the epileptogenic focus in medically refractory epilepsy patients is the most common indication for nuclear medicine imaging in pediatric neurology. In patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, nuclear medicine imaging is particula...

Abstract The pediatric musculoskeletal system differs from the adult in many ways, including anatomical, physiological, and psychological differences. These differences will result clinical radiological presentation. In this chapter specific knowledge essential for radiologists who deal with diseases children be discussed a focus on: (a) hip pathologies, (b) infectious inflammatory diseases, (c...

There is a growing threat in the re-emergence of diseases that impact pediatric demographics. While major strides have been made in the field of childhood cancers, there are still more questions than answers. In addition, public resistance to recommended practices related to childhood vaccinations fueled by misinformation has allowed infectious diseases to resurface in developed nations. Meanwh...

Pediatric thoracostomy procedures are used in the emergency department to treat diseases of the pleural space. As children have unique thoracic anatomy and physiology, they may present with management challenges that the emergency clinician must consider. This issue reviews the use of chest tubes and pigtail catheters in pediatric patients, techniques and indications for placement, and possible...

William J. Steinbach, David A. Stevens, David W. Denning, and Richard B. Moss Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, and Duke University Mycology Research Unit, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and California Institute for Medical Research, San Jose, and Division of ...

Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia that have Completed Chemotherapy Salwa Sulieman, DO; Kristen Feemster, MD, MPH, MSHP; Adam Esbenshade, MD; Rui Xiao, PhD; Brian T. Fisher, DO, MSCE; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Vanderbilt University, ...

Introduction Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases (PRD) represent a group of rare diseases that can lead to significant morbidity. As is the problem with many rare diseases, evidence-based guidelines are lacking and treatment is mostly based on physician experience. Consequently, treatment regiments differ throughout Europe. This year, a new project called SHARE (Single Hub and Access point for pediatr...

Ventricular arrhythmia was once regarded uncommon in infants and children, since most cardiac arrests were thought to be hypoxia-induced bradycardia followed by asystole. Furthermore, ischemic heart disease, the basis for many of the ventricular arrhythmias in adults, is rare in pediatric patients. However, with the advent of pediatric critical care, improved techniques of extracorporeal life s...