Considerations in Caring for Children in Foster Care
Each year in the U.S., more than 400,000 children are in foster care. Jennifer Keim, MD, MPH, primary care pediatrician at the Nicholas and Athena…
Course Instructor: Katie K. Lockwood, MD, MEd
Intellectual Disabilities Clinical Pathway Review
CHOP has a new primary care clinical pathway for the diagnostic evaluation of development delay and intellectual disability. Its co-authors, Elana Huang, MD, primary care…
Neighborhoods and Children’s Health
It’s estimated that 20 percent of variation in health outcomes is due to medical and healthcare system factors. Environment makes up a significant portion of…
Anxiety with Food Allergies
Lunch at school. A birthday party. Dinner out. For kids with food allergies, everyday activities can be fraught. Megan Lewis, MSN, RN, CRNP, nurse practitioner…
Mental Health and Congenital Heart Disease: A Review
Children born with congenital heart disease (CHD), the most common birth defect in the U.S., are at greater risk for emotional and behavioral health concerns.…
Managing Pediatric Migraine Headaches in Primary Care
Are occipital headaches always cause for alarm? What if the headache is always on the right side or the left side? What is a thunderclap…
Preventing Weight-Based Harm in the Primary Care Setting
How can pediatricians move away from “diet culture” and encourage children and teenagers to have healthy relationships with food, exercise and their bodies? Two experts…
Disability Awareness: How to improve communication and care for patients with disabilities
Approximately one-quarter of Americans have disabilities. How can primary care pediatricians better support the health and goals of patients with disabilities? Danielle Barber, MD, PhD,…
Hyperbilirubinemia: A Review of Updated Guidelines
Updated clinical practice guidelines for management of hyperbilirubinemia – including revised phototherapy thresholds – were published in August, the first major change since 2004. Joanna…
Sex-Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Youth: The CHOP Adolescent Protection Collaborative (APC) Clinic
The Adolescent Protective Collaborative (APC) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is dedicated to providing a specialized medical home for youth who have experienced or are at…