This clinical report serves to update the statement titled “Guidelines for the Evaluation of Sexual Abuse of Children,” which was first published in 1991 and revised in 1999. The medical assessment of suspected sexual abuse is outlined with respect to obtaining a history, physical examination, and appropriate laboratory data. The role of the physician may include determining the need to report ...

This clinical report serves to update the statement titled “Guidelines for the Evaluation of Sexual Abuse of Children,” which was first published in 1991 and revised in 1999. The medical assessment of suspected sexual abuse is outlined with respect to obtaining a history, physical examination, and appropriate laboratory data. The role of the physician may include determining the need to report ...

This clinical report serves to update the statement titled “Guidelines for the Evaluation of Sexual Abuse of Children,” which was first published in 1991 and revised in 1999. The medical assessment of suspected sexual abuse is outlined with respect to obtaining a history, physical examination, and appropriate laboratory data. The role of the physician may include determining the need to report ...

BackgroundBreastfeeding is considered the gold standard in infant feeding, as it provides ideal nutrition for infants. Both World Health Organization (2016) and American Academy of Pediatrics (2012) recommend exclusive breastfeeding from birth until 6 months life.Aim: To investigate association between growth, measured by weight, height, head circumference compared with growth chart.Materials M...

1Department of Pediatrics, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan; 2Department of Hematology/Oncology, Gunma Children’s Medical Center, Gunma, Japan; 3Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan; 4Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan; 5Department of Pediatrics, Kagoshima Ci...

kDepartment of Pediatrics Holy Spirit Hospital Nagoya, Japan {Department of Pediatrics Shizuoka Saiseikai General Hospital Shizuoka, Japan Department of Pediatrics Toyohashi Municipal Hospital Toyohashi, Japan **Department of Pediatrics Miyoshi Municipal Hospital Miyoshi, Japan yyHibarigaoka Kids Allergy Clinic Nagoya, Japan zzDepartment of Pediatrics Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital Tajimi, Ja...

Background: Tuberculous spondylitis or Pott’s disease results in characteristic deformity. In developed counties, Pott’s disease occurs primarily in older adult rather than children. In developing countries where the infection rate is high, it occurs mainly among children. Materials and Methods: We have reviewed the hospital records of pediatrics ward with diagnosis of tuberculosis between

1Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Pediatrics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2Department of Pediatrics and 3The Cytogenetic Laboratory, The University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; 4Department of Pediatrics, The University Hospital Linkjöping, Stockholm, Sweden; 5Department of Pediatrics, The University Hospital Umeå, Stockholm, Swede...

This clinical report serves to update the statement titled “Guidelines for the Evaluation of Sexual Abuse of Children,” which was first published in 1991 and revised in 1999. The medical assessment of suspected sexual abuse is outlined with respect to obtaining a history, physical examination, and appropriate laboratory data. The role of the physician may include determining the need to report ...

ROBERT S. WALLIS,* HOWARD M. LEDERMAN, JOHN SPRITZLER, JENNIFER L. DEVERS, DANIEL GEORGES, ADRIANA WEINBERG, SUSAN STEHN, MICHAEL M. LEDERMAN, AND THE ACTG INDUCIBLE CYTOKINES FOCUS GROUP† Department of Medicine, University Hospitals and CWRU School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Biostatisti...