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Pediatric Practice: Heading off the dangers of acute gastroenteritis
Acute gastroenteritis has many possible causes but two main treatments--oral rehydration and early refeeding. Despite their proven effectiveness in preventing life-threatening dehydration from diarrhea, they are still underused.
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Esophageal impedance monitoring: What a new test tells us about infants who reflux
Initial clinical studies of a tool that measures impedance in the esophagus provide new insight into acid reflux disease. The offices of pediatric gastroenterologists are filled with infants whose pediatricians have diagnosed gastroesophageal reflux disease. Infants with arching, crying, spitting, and food refusal are being diagnosed with GERD.
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Hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, coagulopathy: Big words about a feverish infant
Your patient is a 2-month-old boy of Native American and Puerto Rican descent undergoing evaluation of fever, hepatomegaly, and pancytopenia of uncertain cause.
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What you should know about living donor liver transplantation
If a patient tells you he or she is considering being a living donor, keep an open mind. This is the patient's decision, and physicians should not influence it with their personal opinions.
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