Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Pediatrics: 2007 UPDATE ON OBESITY Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 24 December 21, 2007 Obesity as a disease – Sandra G. Hassink, MD Office management of obesity: a practical approach – Sandra G. Hassink, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Cape Cod Conference On Pediatrics For The Primary Care Physician, Presented By Nemours NEUROLOGIC ISSUES Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 23 December 7, 2007 First and second seizures: what to know, what to do – Paul G. Fisher, MD Cerebral palsy: pathophysiology, management, and prevention – Raman Sankar, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. HEADACHE Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 22 November 21, 2007 Pediatric headache: a common–sense approach – Bonnie L. Bunch, MD, PhD Childhood migraine: a complementary and alternative approach – Thomas K. Koch, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. CULTURAL CHALLENGES/DISASTER PREPAREDNESS Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 21 November 7, 2007 Cultural challenges of children with chronic disabilities: a pediatrician’s perspective – Lindia Willies–Jacobo, MD Disaster preparedness: lessons learned from Katrina – Joan Shook, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. INFECTIOUS DISEASE UPDATE Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 20 October 21, 2007 Bugged bones and hot joints – Joel D. Klein, MD HPV and adolescents: prevention of cervical cancer – Maria Trent, MD, MPH Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. HEAD AND NECK CONCERNS Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 19 October 7, 2007 Modern management of otitis media – Kenneth M. Grundfast, MD Evaluation of the child with suspected hearing loss – Kenneth M. Grundfast, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Pediatrics for the Primary Care Physician, presented by Nemours GYNECOLOGIC CARE Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 18 September 21, 2007 Amenorrhea in adolescents – Patricia M. Simmons, MD Gynecologic care of prepubertal girls – Patricia M. Simmons, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Pediatrics For The Primary Care Physician, Presented By Nemours SAFETY ISSUES Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 17 September 7, 2007 Vaccine safety update – Neal A. Halsey, MD Medication safety in the ambulatory setting – Stephen D. Wilson, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. MOVEMENT DISORDERS Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 16 August 21, 2007 Making sense of antiepileptic drugs – Thomas K. Koch, MD Trends in tics and Tourette's syndrome – Audrey Foster–Barber, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 40th Annual Advances And Controversies In Clinical Pediatrics, Presented By The Department Of Pediatrics, University Of California, San Francisco, School Of Medicine EMERGENCY TOPICS Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 15 August 7, 2007 Pediatric foreign bodies; Pediatric orthopedic emergencies – Douglas Nelson, MD Trends in tics and Tourette’s syndrome – Audrey Foster–Barber, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 18th Annual Las Vegas Postgraduate Meeting, Advances In Pediatrics, Presented By The American Academy Of Pediatrics, California Chapter 2 AIRWAY ISSUES Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 14 July 21, 2007 Sleep–disordered breathing in children – Carol L. Rosen, MD Dynamic airway lesions in children: when noisy breathing is not asthma – Shruti M. Paranjape, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TRANSFUSIONS/EMERGENCIES Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 13 July 7, 2007 Controversies in neonatal and pediatric transfusions – Ronald G. Strauss, MD Lessons learned from the pediatric emergency department – Jane F. Knapp, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. AUTISM UPDATE Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 12 June 21, 2007 Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders – Laura A. Carpenter, PhD Autism: recent research Martin T. Stein, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. Selections From Canadian Orthopaedic Foot And Ankle Society Symposium EYE PROBLEMS Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 11 June 7, 2007 Pediatric ophthalmology in the primary care setting: pearls and pitfalls – Craig A. McKeown, MD Common eye problems in children – Cynthia L. Alley, MD Office management of ophthalmologic trauma: keep your eye on the ball – Douglas R. Fredrick, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. MICROBIOLOGIC TESTS/DIARRHEAL DISEASE Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 10 May 21, 2007 Partnering with the clinical microbiology laboratory in pediatric testing – Nancy E. Cornish, MD Diarrheal disease in the United States – Ellen R. Cooper, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 09 May 7, 2007 Discipline in early childhood; Common preschool–age behavior problems – Barbara J. Howard, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Masters Of Pediatrics 2007 Leadership Conferences, Presented By The University Of Miami, Miller School Of Medicine EARLY PUBERTY/SHORT STATURE Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 08 April 21, 2007 Early puberty: new definitions and treatment – Mitchell E. Geffner, MD New approaches to treatment of the short child – Mitchell E. Geffner, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Clinical Pediatrics, Presented By The American Academy Of Pediatrics, California Chapter 2 PERIODIC FEVER/OTITIS MEDIA Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 07 April 7, 2007 Diagnostic approach to periodic fevers – Henry M. Feder, Jr, MD A “wait and see” approach to managing acute otitis media – Jerome O. Klein, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. SPORTS MEDICINE UPDATE Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 06 March 21, 2007 Unique characteristics of the pediatric athlete – J. Andy Sullivan, MD Overview of the sports preparticipation physical: a practical approach – Jamie Saben, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The Northern California Regional Pediatric Conference, Pediatric Sports Medicine, Presented By Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, And The UC Davis Health System HEAD AND NECK INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 05 March 7, 2007 Complications of otitis media – Kay W. Chang, MD Β–hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis – Kathleen M. Gutierrez, MD Atypical mycobacterial infections – Dr. Chang Unusual infections – Anna H. Messner, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Pediatric Otolaryngology Update 2006, Presented By Stanford University School Of Medicine And Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital At Stanford COMORBIDITIES OF OBESITY Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 04 February 21, 2007 Metabolic syndrome – Samuel S. Gidding, MD Assessing and improving obesity–related comorbidities – Sandra G. Hassink, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Sizing Up The Childhood Overweight Epidemic For The Primary Care Provider, Presented By Nemours ORTHOPEDIC CONSULT Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 03 February 7, 2007 Orthopedic trauma for the pediatrician – David L. Skaggs, MD Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis – David L. Skaggs, MD Lower extremity injuries in children: evaluation and management – David L. Skaggs, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 28th Annual Las Vegas Seminars, Pediatric Update, Presented By The AAP California, District IX, Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4 ETHICS/PAIN MANAGEMENT Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 02 January 21, 2007 Ethical dilemmas in adolescent health care – Christopher V. Chambers, MD Pain in pediatrics – Elizabeth T. Drum, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. Points of Care– (Ethics) Mainstays of ethical decision-making: beneficence–"do the right thing"; autonomy–competent person who can understand risks and benefits of treatment offered should make decisions for himself or herself; societal requirements about minimum age create problems; nonmaleficence–primum non nocere ("first do no harm"), but, if only consideration in decision-making, decision often wrong; justice–doing right thing for most people and providing greatest benefit; additional issues–include truth-telling Dr. Chambers at Ethical Issues in Pediatrics, Oct 4, 2006, in Wilmington, DE, by Nemours, Alfred I. duPont Hosp for Children, and Nemours Children’s Clinic; Dr. Drum at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Pediatric Novemberfest, Nov 9-10, 2006, in Atlantic City, NJ, by Temple Univ Sch of Med. MIGRAINE/ANIMAL BITES Audio-Digest Pediatrics Volume 53, Issue 01 January 7, 2007 Migraines: evaluation and treatment – Eric Kossoff, MD Animal bites: management and prevention – S. Michael Marcy, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program.