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- PediatricsAcute BronchiolitisAcute bronchiolitis is a clinical syndrome of viral lower respiratory tract infection in infants and young children, most often during the first year of life. A typical illness begins with coryza and cough, then progr…16 min read
- PediatricsAcute Otitis Media in ChildrenAcute otitis media (AOM) is acute inflammation of the middle ear with middle-ear effusion plus characteristic tympanic-membrane findings. Symptoms alone, or an erythematous tympanic membrane without effusion, are insu…11 min read
- PediatricsAttention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and AdolescentsAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by developmentally inappropriate and persistent inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that begins in childhood, occ…36 min read
- PediatricsCroup in ChildrenCroup is an acute, usually viral upper-airway illness characterized by barking cough, hoarseness, inspiratory stridor, and variable respiratory distress. It most often affects children 6 months to 3 years old. Diagnos…14 min read
- PediatricsKawasaki DiseaseKawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile systemic vasculitis of childhood with a predilection for the coronary arteries. There is no single diagnostic test. Recognition depends on the clinical pattern, deliberate ass…10 min read
- PediatricsNeonatal SepsisNeonatal sepsis is a life-threatening systemic infection syndrome in the first 28 days of life; many guidelines extend serious-bacterial-infection pathways through 59 or 89 days for young infants. Early-onset infectio…14 min read
- PediatricsUrinary Tract Infection in ChildrenUrinary tract infection (UTI) in children includes lower-tract infection and febrile/upper-tract infection involving the kidney. Presentation changes markedly with age: infants may have fever, poor feeding, vomiting,…15 min read