Echocardiography and Electrocardiography James C. Huhta ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY Since the early 1980s, echocardiography (i.e., ultrasonic imaging) of the heart and cardiovascular system has provided a major advance in pediatric cardiology and…
Hypertension J. Timothy Bricker PATHOGENESIS Artifacts in Blood Pressure Measurement Physicians who care for children monitored by indwelling arterial lines must understand how to zero out, calibrate, and prevent artifacts…
Pharyngoconjunctival Fever Sarah S. Long Pharyngoconjunctival fever is an acute viral illness defined by the presence of fever, conjunctivitis, and pharyngitis. It occurs in epidemic and sporadic fashion. Soon after…
Herpangina Sarah S. Long Herpangina is a common, specific, acute febrile viral illness that usually occurs in epidemic form in young children in the summer and fall in temperate climates….
Cervical Lymphadenitis C. Mary Healy Carol J. Baker Cervical adenitis is inflammation of one or more lymph nodes of the neck. In children, the most common causes of cervical lymph…
Life-Threatening Upper Airway Obstruction Fernando Stein Jorge M. Karam Children with unstable airways deserve the utmost attention because most cardiac arrests in children are the result of respiratory failure, frequently…
Mastoiditis Mark W. Kline Inflammation of the mucoperiosteal lining of the mastoid air cells usually accompanies otitis media. Clinically evident suppurative infection, or mastoiditis, develops when inflammation causes progressive swelling…
