The Child's Doctor articles
The Child’s Doctor, Journal of Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago
The Child’s Doctor is published by Children’s Memorial Hospital twice a year for community-based physicians. The journal offers continuing medical education (CME) through articles authored by Children’s Memorial’s physicians. It also includes news articles on research at Children’s Memorial. Read the latest issue of The Child’s Doctor here.
Articles on topics in general academic pediatrics:
Patient Safety in Pediatrics by Jane Holl, MD Published Fall 2005
An estimated 1% of hospitalized children in the US, or approximately 70,000 children, experience an adverse event each year, 60% of which may be preventable. An adverse event here is defined as an injury caused by medical management, not the disease process that led to a prolonged hospital stay or disability at discharge. Adolescents experience the highest rate of adverse events. This article will review child-specific factors related to medical error risk and discuss strategies that could be applied in pediatrics to detect and prevent risks to patient safety.
Fever of Unknown Origin by Robert Listernick, MD Published Fall 2005
The evaluation of children with prolonged fever of unknown origin (FUO) provides pediatricians with a unique opportunity to use every ounce of their diagnostic skills. Clinical practice guidelines and complicated algorithms generally do not apply to the diagnostic approach to children with FUO. Rather, the art of medicine and a return to the basics learned in medical school – repeated detailed history-taking and physical examinations – are the keys to diagnostic success.
Practical Approach to Discussing Cigarette Smoking in Pediatrics by Irwin Benuck, MD, PhD Published Spring 2004
Promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as non-smoking, is one of the most important roles of a pediatrician. By routinely inquiring about tobacco use and intervening when needed, pediatricians can successfully help patients avoid succumbing to numerous influences that lead to nicotine addiction. This review will provide practical strategies to prevent children and adolescents from starting to smoke and assist current smokers to quit.
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