THE QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC PEDIATRICIANS
Fall 2016 Issue
Unrest and Hope
By Carl Backes, DO, FACOP, FAAP
ACOP President
The last six months of 2016. This is a tumultuous time in politics, sports, world issues, and medicine, but I hope to share important words and hopeful answers.
Politics
In a few short months, we will have a new President. I cannot remember an election with
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Sexual Assault and Anticipatory Guidance
Are we doing enough? All pediatricians are familiar with Anticipatory Guidance, essentially effective guidelines promulgated by the AAP and in government publications. And I think that, like me, most of us think of this important subject only in relation to infants and young children.Fatal Abusive Head Trauma in Children
By Robert G. Locke, DO, MPH, FACOP
Abusive head trauma is the cause of death in one third of child abuse fatalities. Fortunately, fewer children are dying from abuse inflicted head injuries such as violent shaking or blunt trauma. For the decade between 1999-2009, there was no meaningful decrease. Since 2009, there has been a 51% decrease. There is FluMist (non-injectable live attenuated influenza vaccine): High Quality Science and Don’t Bet Against Its Future
By Robert G. Locke, DO, MPH, FACOP
Tales from Adolescent Medicine
I Had a Day
By Jessica Shannon Castonguay, DO, MPH
A few weeks ago, I had a day. New Recommendations for the Use of LAIV for 2016-2017 Influenza Season
Children’s Literature – Recommendations
Children often have active imaginations, as any parent will be quick to tell you. And in some cases, active imaginations, imaginary friends, or imaginary worlds can serve a purpose, such as helping a child learn to cope with real life trauma or events. Creating a sense of distance, or empowering themselves through imaginary places, can be one way that children try to make sense of a confusing or frightening world around them. We see this reflected often in literature. The children in The Chronicles of Narnia were displaced because of war, and went through a
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Labeling Asperger's
By Anna Augustin, OMS-III , LECOM-Bradenton
As I stared at the patient intake form, the many diagnoses screamed out at me: ADHD, Asperger’s, ODD, conduct disorder. Twenty-odd drugs tried and failed, Baker acts and inpatient hospitalizations. From these words, a troubling image of a hardened 17-year-old grew in my mind. This was going to be a tough case.
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Between Sickness and Health
By Stephanie Be, DO, MPH,
PGYI Pediatrics Resident
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, New York
"I know exactly what this patient needs, but I am not the person to provide it for him.” More than once in my short time as a pediatrics resident, I have had to come to terms with the fact that I cannot be and do everything for every patient. I have had to remind myself of this when I’ve had a patient with an unstable home situation, but one that doesn’t warrant intervention by child protective A Total Misconception
By Anjeli Raheja, OMS-IV, Nova Southeastern University
Before my rotation, the only exposure I had to pediatric cancers is what I had seen in the media. I thought of beds of sick children, getting poison pumped into their bodies, or rows of hairless infants wrapped up in blankets shivering. When I found out that my first rotation of my fourth year of medical school was going to be in pediatric hematology and oncology, I wanted Top Ten Tips for Fourth Year Students While on Auditions
By Neha Mahajan, OMS-III
PULSE Student Editor
The recommendations below have been collected from current residents.
Pediatrics Trivia Crossword Puzzle Challenge!
By Neha Mahajan, OMS-III
PULSE Student Editor
Federal and State Laws: Pregnancy, Nursing and Breastfeeding Accomodations in the Workplace
The 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions constitute sex discrimination under Title VII. As a federal law this supersedes state laws. State law
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Make Plans for the ACOP Pediatric Track at OMED 2016
The American College of Osteopathic Pediatric Track at OMED 2016 will take place this year in beautiful Anaheim, California on September 17-20. The theme of this year’s conference is Screening. The CME committee has lined up an amazing group of speakers who will cover a wide ranging list of topics, all central to the theme of Screening. The topics include: updates in pediatric ultrasound, screening for and the effects of New ACOP Members
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ACOP Pediatric Track
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September 16-19, 2016
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, California
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